Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: Eva Peron

Eva Peron stories: 4 news summaries

Now 'The Simpsons'
Have Ticked Off Argentina

Lenny and Carl share some unenlightened views about Juan Peron

Apr 17, 08 8:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - "The Simpsons" may be a pop culture staple in South America, but they sure have a knack for stirring up trouble there. A week after Venezuela objected to its content, Argentines are in a huff over anti-Perón comments in a new episode, the Washington Post reports. Says Homer's... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Argentina • The Simpsons • The Simpsons Movie • Madonna • Eva Peron • Juna Peron • Evita

Argentina Led by Woman, Still Lags on Gender 

In Buenos Aires politics, women who rise are
still Peronist wives

Dec 16, 07 9:23 AM CST
(Newser) - Argentina might have its first elected female president—and her nearest rival was also a woman—but the fairer sex is succeeding politically only on the coattails of husbands, and female-friendly policies get nowhere. In a phenomenon the Economist calls “Peronist”—president Juan Peron had two wives who... More »

MORE ABOUT:
abortion rights • Argentina • Cristina Fernandez • Eva Peron • Juan Peron

Argentina Elects 'New Evita'

President Cristina to replace husband

Oct 29, 07 4:07 AM CDT
(Newser) - Argentine first lady Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has become the country's first elected female leader after trouncing 13 rivals in the presidential election yesterday, Reuters reports. A glamorous 54-year-old lawyer and center-left senator, she will take over from husband President Nestor Kirchner in December. Kirchner is credited with leading Argentina's... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Argentina • Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner • Eva Peron • default • price control • Isabel Peron • Elisa Carrio • Roberto Lavagna • presidential election

Argentine
Duo Evokes Evita Era

Hubby plans to handoff presidency
to wife through Perón party

Jul 3, 07 5:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - A popular Argentine political couple is evoking images of President Juan Perón and his powerhouse wife Eva, the London Times reports. Popular Senator Cristina Fernandez is a whispered favorite to take her country's top spot now that her husband, President Néstor Kirchner, has decided not to pursue a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Argentina • Cristina Fernandez • Nestor Kirchner • Juan Perón • Peronist Party • Eva Peron • election

4 Stories


from our news partners