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Maradona's birthplace repurposed as soup kitchen for Argentina's hungry

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Alejandro, a volunteer, prepares meat for a stew for neighbours in need at the yard of the childhood home of the late football star Diego Maradona, now transformed into a soup kitchen, in Villa Fiorito, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, on April 9, 2026. [Tomas Cuesta/AFP]

Diego Maradona would be happy, his fans say.

The childhood home of the late Argentine football legend has been transformed into a soup kitchen for people squeezed by President Javier Milei's austerity policies.

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