Posted on 10/28/2005 8:51:22 AM PDT by dead
Diego Maradona has promised his friend Fidel Castro that he will head an anti-Bush march in Argentina next week during a visit by the American President to a regional summit.
The former Argentinian World Cup hero made his pledge to the Cuban leader on television in Havana yesterday. "I think Bush is a murderer. ... I’m going to head the march against him stepping foot on Argentine soil," Maradona said.
President Bush will be in Mar del Plata, Argentina, as part of a summit of leaders from the Americas next week. Señor Castro, 79, has not been invited.
The former Barcelona player was in the Cuban capital to interview Señor Castro for his weekly popular Argentine television show, La Noche del 10 (The Night of 10), a reference to the former player’s football shirt number.
Señor Castro, dressed in his typical olive green uniform, used his appearance to expound on a variety of subjects, from regional politics to Hurricane Wilma's assault on the Caribbean island this week.
Maradona, 44, has labelled the Cuban President as "the greatest one who decides things in the world". He regards Señor Castro as a friend and a father figure who helped him to kick his cocaine habit. Maradona has a house on the island as well as a tattoo of Señor Castro's face on his leg.
Maradona’s star is rising once again in Argentina with his weekly television show. He has successfully beaten a drug addiction and a stomach-stapling operation has cut his ballooning weight. This is not Maradona's first foray into politics – he was an outspoken critic of England during the Falklands war.
He's tryin out for the lead in the new "Your Brains on Drugs" ad campaign.
Diego Maradona, for me you are like an IDIOT!...........
Castro can't be his god, his only god is cocaine. Bloody junky is all he is.
Funny that this clown who adores Castro chooses not to live
in Cuba.El Commandante would certainly welcome him!
Reason to hate Soccer # 459231.
That fat coke head is credited with scoring one of the greatest goals in soccer when in truth he hit it with his hand.
Some of these clowns should 'disappear.'
Or as Ozzie Guillen would say, blah blah blah el blah blah blah....VENEZUELA! If you are so enchanted with it, take thee back to that dump asap. otherwise may I suggest USA! since that's how you got out of the dump in the first place.
Let's see,
Amnesty International (not the favorite of the political right) asserts that Castro has executed some 20,000 Cubans
in his career. (and that's probably a low figure).
Not to mention all those who've been arrested, interrogated, tortured, etc.
Cuba now has no freedom of the press, no freedom of religion, a wrecked economy, no freedom to travel, and a great many Cubans who do manage to get out of the country
decide to remain abroad.
So which of these "achievements" of Fidel does he admire?
F 'EM
Ah, yes. The "Hand of God" goal.
Not surprising that one so completely devoid of personal responsibility would idolize Castro.
Perhaps we can start a poll about who the next has been drug addict the Left will trot out will be. Maybe they can prop up the corpse of Timothy Leary.
Wait a minute. Maradona claimed his goal was scored by "the hand of God." Maradona now claims that Castro is "like God." Does that mean that Castro scored against England?
Hey, now, I hear Fidel has quite a drug rehab program. No recidivism at all.
Of course,many of the natives have a shack in Cuba and a tattoo of Castro's face on their hindquarters!
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