From their point of view, I had gone too far. I had to disappear. That is to say, if the Algerian army had not overthrown me, others would have done so.

I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.

I accommodated practically all of the liberation movements, including those of Latin America.

For other movements, which were not involved in a military fight and who needed only political support, such as Mali, we helped in other ways.

Everywhere that the struggle for national freedom has triumphed, once the authorities agreed, there were military coups d'etat that overthrew their leaders. That is the result time and time again.

Che came in 1963, shortly after I had come to power.