1948 Pan-American Students Conference

1948 student conference held in Colombia October 2010 The Pan-American Students Conference was a student conference held in Bogotá, Colombia, in April 1948. The conference was organized in opposition to the Pan-American Conference also held in Bogotá.pp. 105 Martin The conference was attended by a young Fidel Castro. On April 8 an organizational meeting in office of the Confederation of Workers of Colombia. A second meeting is claimed to have happened on April 9.pp. 22 Cova Not long after that Gaitán was shot,pp.23 Cova leading to the Bogotazo. References Cova, Antonio Rafael De la. "The Moncada Attack: Birth of the Cuban Revolution" Univ of South Carolina Press, 2007 https://books.google.com/books?id=rfMvP7aaz_oC& Martin, Gerald "Gabriel Garcia Marquez" Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2009 https://books.google.com/books?id=HNonyuD8ZKcC&s Alape Arturo. "Fidel Castro reveals role in 9 april 1948 colombian uprising" (interview with Fidel Castro) El Siglo, Bogotá 11 Apr 1982 originally in Spanish, archive: http://lanic.utexas.edu/project/castro/db/1982/19820411.html Pan-American Students Conference, 1948 Students Conference, 1948 Pan-American Students Conference Pan-American Students Conference