Maradona has received permission to pursue treatment for his longstanding cocaine addiction in Cuba, his lawyer announced here Monday.
Hector Leguizamon said the Argentine football great was given permission to return to Havana by Norberto Garcia Vedia, the judge in charge of his case.
The ailing 43-year-old has been detained in a psychiatric clinic in the suburbs of Buenos Aires for the past four months.
In April he was admitted to hospital here with life threatening heart and lung problems.
The judge's ruling comes after a lengthy legal battle over where the former World Cup winner should continue his treatment for cocaine abuse. Maradona's ex-wife and daughters were trying to ensure that he stayed in Argentina whereas he wanted to return to the rehab center in Cuba where he has lived since 2000.