Commenting on Castro's recovery, US president George W. Bush said: "One day the good Lord will take Fidel Castro away." Hearing about this, the atheist Castro replied: "Now I understand why I survived Bush's plans and the plans of other presidents who ordered my assassination: the good Lord protected me." The quote was picked up on by the world's media
Pothirira ndemanga pa kuchira kwa Castro, mtsogoleri wa dziko la United States George W. Bush anati: ‘Tsiku lina Ambuye wabwino adzam’chotsa Fidel Castro. Atamva za zimenezi, Castro wosakhulupirira kuti kuli Mulungu anayankha kuti: 'Tsopano ndamvetsa chifukwa chake ndinapulumuka mapulani a Bush ndi mapulani a mtsogoleri wa dziko ena omwe analamula kuti ndiphedwe: Ambuye wabwino ananditeteza.' Mawuwa adatengedwa ndi atolankhani padziko lonse lapansi