During her short life, Eva Perón (born Duarte) was quite controversial. But one thing is undisputable: she is likely the most famous Argentine in the world. She was as loved as she was hated. But ...

Rags to riches: Eva Perón was catapulted into the limelight from ignominious beginnings - Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images But as riveting as the show’s depiction of ...

Early every morning, just as she reaches her workplace at a labor union in Buenos Aires, Ángeles Celerier heads to the chapel and prays to Saint Cajetan, Saint Teresa and Eva Perón. Perón — unlike the ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Early every morning, just as she reaches her workplace at a labor union in Buenos Aires, Ángeles Celerier heads to the chapel and prays to Saint Cajetan, Saint Teresa and Eva ...

Some 12 miles southwest of the city of Buenos Aires is a remarkable settlement called Ciudad Evita. It was founded in 1947 by the then-president of Argentina, Juan Perón, in tribute to his wife, Eva.

Three years after Eva Peron's death 60 years ago, her embalmed corpse disappeared, removed by the Argentinian military in the wake of a coup that deposed her husband, President Juan Peron. It then ...

“Evita,” the musical drama made into a movie starring Madonna, is based on the life of a legend. Her name was Eva Maria “Evita” Ibarguren Duarte Peron, the first wife of Juan Peron, Argentina’s ...

Maria Eva Duarte de Perón, before she died of cancer at age 33. Congress building is home to the Eva Peron Salon where women could congregate away from men and talk over matters without their ...