Maradona channels via tattoos

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Diego Armando Maradona wants a new tattoo. One to match the likeness of Fidel Castro (left leg); of Ernesto ‘Che’’ Guevara (right shoulder); of his parents’ and his two daughters’ names. His body may be running out of real estate; still, the retired Argentine soccer legend tells Diario de Hoy: ‘I’d like to have something of Chavez.’’ That would be Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Maradona is a dedicated chavista. They hang together (as in this photo from Diario de Hoy), mutual celebrity admirers, open to new experiences. Maradona has embraced leftist politics.

Chavez the baseball man is getting into futbol. The question: Where will Diego find room for more body art?

— Patrick J. McDonnell and Andres D’Alessandro in Buenos Aires