All About Evita Tour

About María Eva Duarte de Peron (7 May 1919 – 26 July 1952)

She was the second wife of President Juan Domingo Peron (1895–1974) and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Peron, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita, which literally translates into English as "Little Eva".

She was born out of wedlock in rural Argentina in 1919. In 1934, at the age of 15, she made her way to the nation's capital of Buenos Aires, where she pursued a career as a stage, radio, and film actress.

Eva met Colonel Juan Peron in 1944 at a charity event in San Juan, and the two were married the following year. In 1946, Juan Peron was elected President of Argentina. Over the course of the next six years, Evita Peron became powerful within the Pro-Peronist trade unions, essentially for speaking on behalf of labor

rights. She also ran the Ministries of Labor and Health, founded and ran the charitable Eva Peron Foundation, championed women's suffrage in Argentina, and founded and ran the nation's first large-scale female political party, the Female Peronist Party.

In 1951, Eva Peron accepted the Peronist nomination for the office of Vice President of Argentina. In this bid, she received great support from the Peronist political base, low-income and working class Argentines who were referred to as descamisados or "shirtless ones". However, opposition from the nation's military and elite, coupled with her declining health, ultimately forced her to withdraw her candidacy.

In 1952 shortly before her death from cancer at the age of 33, Eva Peron was given the official title of "Spiritual Leader of the Nation" by the Argentine Congress.

Eva Peron has become a part of international popular culture, most famously as the subject of the musical Evita. Christina Alvarez Rodriguez claims that Evita has never left the collective conscience of Argentines. Cristina Fernandez, the first female elected President of Argentina, claims that women of her generation owe a debt to Evita for "her example of passion and combativeness".

Source: Wikipedia

Murder in Congress * Buenos Aires sightseeing city tours * Evita * Recoleta Cemetery visit * Juan & Evita Peron * Eva Peron Foundation Buenos Aires * Recoleta Cemetery true stories * A visit to the Evita museum * Saved by Evita * Evita and the CGT * Palermo * renowned Buenos Aires neighborhood Barrio Norte * Presidential Palace * Congress * Plaza San Martin * Buenos Aires’ famous Libertador Avenue * Recoleta neighborhood * downtown Buenos AIres city tour * Evita on the Radio

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Eva Peron, the legendary Evita...

1. •Bilingual tour guide (English/Spanish), true and unheard of stories
   

2. •Tour departs on Tuesdays at 2 p.m.
   

3. •Tour duration: half day
   

4. •Tour: Palermo, Barrio Norte, Presidential Palace, Congress, Evita’s Museum and Foundation, Plaza San Martin, Libertador Avenue, Recoleta neighborhood, downtown Buenos AIres.
   

5. •Listen to the voice of Evita, videos and true and astounding stories.
   

6. •A stopover at the Presidential Palace or Pink House and the Congress building.
   

7. •Several surprise stops that will allow you to know the life of Evita.
   

8. •Over 13 years were spent in the gathering of this historical pieces. All the stories you will hear are documented and true.
   

9. •In the process of being declared of Cultural Interest by the City of Buenos Aires and the Argentinean Nation
   

10. •The contents of the All About Evita Secret Tour have been endorsed by the Governments of Argentina and of France
    

11. •The best Evita history tour in Buenos Aires! Guaranteed!