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The Other Side of Diego Maradona
Among the media tributes to the great footballer, there's little coverage of his radical political outlook. MIGUEL BONASSO, who knew him, sets the picture straight
KINDRED SPIRITS: Diego Armando Maradona with Fidel Castro [Estudios Revolución]

WHAT words to use when you’re truly devastated? This sinister year suddenly delivers, like a punch in the face, the death of Diego Armando Maradona.

On the same day in November that four years ago saw the giant Fidel leave us, the same irreparable emptiness, the same anger against the absurdity of existence, prevails.

“It hurts me a lot because he was my friend,” said the best football player of all time, referring to the greatest revolutionary leader of all time.

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