page_title: Tricontinental Conference 1966
section_title: Attendees
hierarchical_section_title: Tricontinental Conference 1966 / Attendees
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of Amilcar Cabral, wearing the sumbia - traditional skullcap [presumably during the Cassacá Congress, freed from the southern region of Guinea]Português: Retrato de Amílcar Cabral, envergando a sumbia - barrete tradicional [presumivelmente durante o Congresso de Cassacá, região libertada do Sul da Guiné].
context_page_description: 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 16th of January 1966, in Havana, Cuba and was attended by roughly 500 delegates from 82 different countries. It is notable for being the first conference to fully include Latin America.
  The key issues discussed at the conference were countries that were in midst of revolutions, with a specific focus on Cuba and Vietnam.
context_section_description: The Tricontinental Conference brought together around 500 delegates from the various liberation movements of 82 different countries. Though the full guest list was never published by the conference managers due to security concerns, a US Staff Report compiled out of anxiety over the communist nature of the participants succeeded in naming all delegates and involved countries. The Tricontinental was the first to include a strong Latin American presence, and the first to emphasize the political alignment of the three continents of Africa, Asia, and Latin America.
  Notable conference attendees included anti-colonialist Amílcar Cabral of Guinea-Bissau and Nguyen Van Tien, the representative of the National Liberation Front of South Vietnam.   Other prominent figures included Fidel Castro, the Prime Minister of Cuba, and Salvadore Allande. Notable absentees included Che Guevara, who while fighting in Bolivia sent a letter to be read to the delegates on his behalf; and Ben Barka, the intended Chairman of the conference whose disappearance two months prior sparked deep anti-imperialist tones during the event. 
  Certain recorded participants included:
   Cuba
   Guatemala
   China
   Dominican Republic
   Soviet Union
   Zimbabwe
caption: Amilcar Cabral the Bissau-Guinean Anti-Colonial Leader
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