Maradona: the fragile god of the Global South

Pepe Escobar- Football deity played on the global pitch non-stop, a wild life of dizzying highs and demonic lows forever in the public eye

Football deity played on the global pitch non-stop, a wild life of dizzying highs and demonic lows forever in the public eye

His life was a running planetary pop opera for the ages. From Somalia to Bangladesh, everyone is familiar with the basic contours of his story – the pibe from Villa Fiorito, a poor suburb of Buenos Aires (“I am a slum dweller”), who elevated football to the status of pure art.

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