Wednesday, 19 November 2008
Political football: Diego Maradona

(photo: OC 2006 FIFA World Cup)
Diego Maradona (number 10, team captain) When George Bush showed up in Argentina in 2005, the usual protests against him were led by someone rather unusual: Diego Maradona. The little genius asked Argentines to march against the "human garbage" Bush. Thousands did, though as it happened without Maradona, who cannily preferred to get a lift to the stadium where the anti-Bush rally was held. The rally's other main voice was Venezuela's president Hugo Ch�z, and it's no coincidence that on 26 June,...