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Argentina is famous for excellent beef, tantalizing tango, and producing some of the most famous football players in history. Lionel Messi, perhaps one of the best footballers of our generation, has attained such a high level of respect across the world that the administration of Buenos Aires, Argentina's capital city, has decided to honor the striker by unveiling a statue which immortalizes the living legend in bronze.
Buenos Aires, Aug 3 (EFE).- Prosecutors investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of soccer player Diego Maradona on November 25 began Monday to take testimonial statements from 13 witnesses, as confirmed by judicial sources. The first witnesses to testify are nurses who worked the first days and weekends in the house in the private neighborhood. (Camera: JULIETA BARRERA)SHOT LIST: NURSE DAIANA LORELEY CACERES ATTENDS THE SAN ISIDRO GENERAL PROSECUTOR'S OFFICE IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
Surrounded by ecstatic fans, World Cup winners Argentina begin an open-top bus parade of the capital Buenos Aires following their victory over France. IMAGES
Buenos Aires, Mar 10 (EFE).- The Buenos Aires Obelisk, where Argentines in 1986 celebrated winning the Mexico World Cup thanks to Diego Maradona, once more on Wednesday became the gathering point for hundreds of the soccer star's fans, who repeatedly roared that "He didn't die, they killed him."Several fan organizations had called the demonstration at the Obelisk to demand "Justice for Diego" after the death of their sports idol last Nov. 25.(Camera: ALBERTO CARATOZZOL)SHOT LIST: MARCH TO SEEK JUSTICE FOR MARADONA, THE ARRIVAL OF MARADONA'S DAUGHTERS DALMA AND GIANINNA AND HIS EX-WIFE CLAUDIA VILLAFAÑE, AND OF FORMER GIRLFRIEND VERONICA OJEDA AND HER 8 YEAR OLD SON IN BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA.
A hearse bearing the coffin of football legend Diego Maradona arrives at the Jardin de Paz cemetery, on the outskirts of the Argentine capital. IMAGES
Huge crowds of fans gather at the iconic Buenos Aires Obelisco Monument to pay tribute to football legend Diego Maradona who has died at the age of 60. IMAGES