The roller-coaster ride that has been Diego Maradona’s tenure as coach of the national football team was brought to a halt this week, as the Asociación del Fútbol Argentino opted not to renew his contract.

Argentine politics can be sometimes hard to understand, and reading the news is often confusing if you don’t know how the system works. The following should make things clearer and help you to better understand Argentine politics. How does democracy work in Argentina? In Argentina, the president is both head of the state and head [...]