Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bella
Ahmed Ben Bellawas an Algerian socialist soldier and revolutionary who was the first President of Algeria from 1963 to 1965...
NationalityAlgerian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth25 December 1918
CountryAlgeria
past poverty misery
In the past, we spoke of poverty, misery only in the south. Now there is a lot of misery, a lot of bad that creates victims in the north as well. This has become manifest: the global system was not made to serve the good of all, but to serve multinational companies.
Che came in 1963, shortly after I had come to power.
ask bit came helped offered
When someone came to ask us for help, it was sacred. We did not even think twice. We helped them, even if we had only meagre means; we offered them arms, a little bit of money, and in occasion, men.
armies brought countries establish front internal national
It's with them that we have constituted a liberation front and brought our logistic support to armies to help their countries come out of colonialism and establish a national internal regime.
changed man note point speaking
I myself, speaking as a man of the south, note that something has changed in the north, which is a very important point to raise.
associated liberate struggle themselves
Immediately after independence, I was associated with all those who, in the world, themselves undertook the struggle to liberate their own country.