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Published On 14 Apr 2026<\/span>14 Apr 2026<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n The late Argentinian football legend\u2019s childhood home has been converted into a soup kitchen serving those affected by President Javier Milei\u2019s austerity measures.<\/p>\n At 523 Amazor street in Fiorito, a Buenos Aires suburb where the \u201cGolden Boy\u201d experienced extreme poverty growing up, locals can now receive meals and clothing assistance.<\/p>\n This neighbourhood of about 50,000 residents living in modest brick homes features numerous murals commemorating the career of the iconic number 10, who passed away in 2020 at the age of 60.<\/p>\n As a criminal negligence trial begins on Tuesday against the seven-member medical team responsible for Maradona\u2019s final care following brain surgery, his childhood community continues his legacy of compassion.<\/p>\n Neighbours visit \u201cDiego\u2019s house\u201d carrying containers that volunteers fill with chicken stew and other meals prepared in large cauldrons in the yard, while cumbia music \u2013 Maradona\u2019s preferred genre \u2013 plays in the background.<\/p>\n \u201cDiego would say there is a lot of hunger and we have to help, because the need is so great,\u201d explained Diego Gavilan, who benefits from the kitchen\u2019s services.<\/p>\n Gavilan, who collects cardboard and scrap metal, began visiting the soup kitchen after Milei implemented radical free-market reforms following his December 2023 election.<\/p>\n \u201cYou can\u2019t make ends meet,\u201d Gavilan noted.<\/p>\n Despite statistics showing poverty reduction under Milei, primarily due to decreasing inflation, family finances remain in crisis, according to Central Bank reports. Increased imports and plummeting consumption have resulted in more than 20,000 business closures.<\/p>\n Gavilan appreciates receiving assistance from Maradona\u2019s former home: \u201cHe suffered so much hunger here as a child. For the people of the neighbourhood to receive a plate of food is special.\u201d<\/p>\n The facility operates without dining accommodations. Volunteers prepare food over open fires in the yard, distributing it in bags to those waiting at the entrance.<\/p>\n Maradona frequently referenced his humble origins in an area without running water or paved streets. Sixty-six years after his birth, hardship remains visible on the faces of those queueing for food.<\/p>\n \u201cPeople are going hungry,\u201d said Maria Torres, one of the centre\u2019s cooks, who believes Maradona would approve of his childhood home\u2019s charitable repurposing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Published On 14 Apr 202614 Apr 2026 The late Argentinian football legend\u2019s childhood home has been converted into a soup kitchen serving those affected by President Javier Milei\u2019s austerity measures. At 523 Amazor street in Fiorito, a Buenos Aires suburb where the \u201cGolden Boy\u201d experienced extreme poverty growing up, locals can now receive meals and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18862,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latin-america-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=18861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18861\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/18862"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=18861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=18861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=18861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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