The Global Story - Maradona and the trial transfixing Argentina
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Argentina’s football star Diego Maradona is once again back in the spotlight as a long-delayed trial examining the circumstances around his death gets underway in Buenos Aires. When Diego Maradona died in 2020, Argentinians took to the streets, united in both grief and in the celebration of a soccer legend. But it didn’t take long before suspicions around his death started to circulate. In today’s episode, we look at the trial involving his medical team and ask why Maradona’s legacy is still so strong.
Lucy Hockings is joined by Marcela Mora y Araujo. She’s a journalist based in Buenos Aires who translated Diego Maradona’s autobiography.
Producers: Laurie Kalus and Alice Aylett Roberts
Sound engineers: Mike Regaard and Jonny Hall
Assistant editors: Richard Fenton-Smith and Sergi Forcada Freixas
Senior news editor: China Collins
Published on Monday, 17th March 2025.
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