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María Eva Duarte de Perón (Spanish pronunciation: [maˈɾi.a ˈeβa ˈðwarte ðe peˈɾon]; née María Eva Duarte; 7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952), better known as just Eva Perón or by the nickname Evita (Spanish:), was an Argentine politician, activist, actress, and philanthropist who served as First Lady of Argentina from June 1946 until her death in July 1952, as the wife of Argentine ...
The Woman with the Whip is a 1952 biography of political leader and cultural icon Eva Perón, written by Argentinian author Mary Main.First published in England and the United States shortly after Eva Perón's death, it presents her in a highly critical light, and is often dismissed by Perón supporters as lacking in historical value.
Eva Perón's corpse was removed from its display at CGT headquarters and ordered hidden under another name in a modest grave in Milan, Italy. Perón himself, for the time residing in Caracas , Venezuela at the kindness of ill-fated President Marcos Pérez Jiménez , suffered a number of attempted kidnappings and assassinations ordered by Aramburu.
Lovingly known as Evita, Eva Perón was the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón. She served as the First Lady from 1946 until her untimely death in 1952. She was outspoken about trade unions ...
Unzué Palace (Spanish: El palacio Unzué), also known as Quinta Unzué, was the presidential residence of the Argentine Republic located in Buenos Aires during the presidency of Juan Domingo Perón (1946–1955), and became a place of pilgrimage and cult after the death of Eva Perón in 1952. The building's symbolic importance was such that ...
Its melody is similar to the opening song of the musical, "Oh What a Circus", which puts emphasis on Eva's funeral. As "Oh What a Circus" ended with the character Che's sarcastic questioning of the mourning behind Eva's death, "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" started with only few lines being sung, while the rest of the song was reserved for the ...
Kourdakov would be granted political asylum by Canada, but would be found dead from a gunshot wound on January 1, 1973. [19] The late Eva Perón. The embalmed body of Eva "Evita" Perón, concealed by Argentina since the 1955 overthrow and exile of President Juan Perón, was returned to Mr. Perón in Spain. The location of Evita, who had died of ...
The Eva Perón Foundation, named after the first lady who is still a cultural icon, displaced the Catholic Church as the main provider of Argentina's social safety net, funding its so-called ...