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Argentine senator wants to put Diego Maradona on country's bank notes

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An art teacher gives finishing touches to a painting of the late Argentinian football legend Diego Armando Maradona painted as a tribute after his death, in Mumbai on November 26, 2020. - Argentinian football legend Diego Maradona passed away on November 25, 2020. [Photo by Indranil MUKHERJEE, AFP]

An Argentine senator wants to put Diego Maradona on the country’s bank notes and presented a project to Congress on Monday to get the late soccer star and possibly even his ‘Hand of God’ image on a 1,000-peso note.

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