The proposal to create OLAS came about after the success of the Primera Conferencia Tricontinental de Solidaridad Revolucionaria (First Tricontinental Conference on Revolutionary Solidarity) held in January 1966, in which more than five hundred delegates from revolutionary organizations from Asia, Africa and Latin America gathered. The conference took place years after the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the aim was to expand the fight against US imperialism and expand the revolution. The said conference would be held by the Soviet Union to present itself as an ally of the Third World and thus neutralize Chinese influence, although the Cuban confrontational position against US imperialism was eventually strengthened.
