Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro has ended his career as the role model of his life. Argentine football legend Maradona has publicly stated that he considers Fidel Castro to be his “second father” and that Fidel once asked him to join politics.
Donna, who died last Wednesday at the age of 60, was never able to fulfill Fidel’s political ambitions, but was able to win over leaders such as Castro across Latin America, Hugo Chavez of Venezuela and Evo Morales of Bolivia. Maradona also sought to gain widespread international attention through them.
“Both Fidel and Chavez have always done their best for me,” Hugo Chavez said in a 2007 weekly television program.
“I hate everything that comes from the United States. I hate the United States with all my might, “said Maradona, following in the footsteps of Fidel and Chavez. Growing up in a shanty town near the city of Buenos Aires, Maradona later became a drug addict and, despite various accusations, politically respected Communist Cuba.
Throughout his life he truly demonstrated that he was a communist. Maradona has also been described by some Western critics as a propaganda tool for Latin American leftist leaders. They also named Maradona as a man who had the strength to face any reaction.
One such communist, Maradona, ironically died on November 25, four years before his statue was unveiled.
