Tricontinental Conference (1966)

First Tricontinental Conference
Primera Conferencia Tricontinental
Première conférence tricontinentale
أول المؤتمر ثلاثي القارات
Tricontinental Conference poster
Host country Cuba
Dates3 to 16 January 1966
CitiesLa Havana
Participants500 delegates from 82 countries
ChairFidel Castro
Key points
Revolutions in Asia, Africa and Latin America
Globalization and neocolonialism
Vietnam War
Civil rights in the US
Apartheid in South Africa and Rhodesia
National question of Puerto Rico
Establishment of OSPAAAL

The Tricontinental Conference was a gathering of countries that focused on anti-colonial and anti-imperial issues during the Cold War era, specifically those related to Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The conference was held from 3rd to 16 January 1966, in Havana, Cuba and was attended by roughly 500 delegates from 82 countries.[1] It founded the Organization of Solidarity with the People of Asia, Africa and Latin America (OSPAAAL). The key issues discussed at the conference were countries that were in midst of revolutions, with a specific focus on Cuba and Vietnam.[2]

Ahmed Ben Bella and Fidel Castro meeting in Cuba
  1. ^ Young, Robert J. C. (2018-02-16). "Disseminating the Tricontinental". The Routledge Handbook of the Global Sixties. Routledge Handbooks Online. pp. 517–547. doi:10.4324/9781315150918-48. ISBN 978-1-138-55732-1.
  2. ^ Stanley, Issac (2019). Dreaming Revolution: Tricontinentalism, Anti-Imperialism and Third World Rebellion. London: Routledge. p. 157.