Eva Peron, known as Evita, was an icon in 1940s Argentina, famous for her populist rhetoric. Her most famous speech inspired the award-winning song Don’t Cry for Me Argentina. Show more Eva ...

Sirimavo Bandaranaike became the first prime minister in the world after she got the post in Sri Lanka. Isabel Perón, who became Argentina's president, was the first woman to get that post.

“For that great Argentina that never betrayed us, Peronism is with Cristina” chanted women in support of two-time former president Cristina Kirchner Women dressed as Eva Peron, old political ...

Eva Peron – otherwise known as Evita - became an icon in 1940s Argentina, famous for her passionate speeches and populist rhetoric. Born into poverty, she moved to Buenos Aries at the age of 15 ...