"I can say now: all the combatants who participated in the fight for freedom in South America came to Algeria; it's from there that all those who fought left. We trained them, we arranged for the weapons to reach them, we created networks."
Ahmed Ben Bella was an Algerian revolutionary and statesman. He became Algeria's first president after independence and served from 1963 to 1965. He remained an influential figure in Algerian politics after his presidency.