Eva Peron - Princess Diana of Argentina?

The latest news about the return of the famous Broadway musical Evita with Ricky Martin in a leading role, the entertainment press fitted into a frenzy. But many of us still wonder about Evita, what they were doing and why they deserve their own music.

Maria Eva Duarte de Peron (1919-1952) was the second wife and political partner of President Juan Peron (1895'1974) of Argentina. It 'also known affectionately known by the Spanish diminutive Evitatranslates to "Little Eva". Yet, a popular figure in Argentina and a global icon, through books, films and musicals based on his life, many of them look like other superstars in the world, England, Princess Diana. Here we look at the similarities and differences of the two women to see if the comparison is justified.

And 'Evita and is true to say that Diana lives, despite almost 50 years apart in different continents are very similar;

- Both married powerfulMen, Diana and Prince Charles with Colonel Juan Peron and Evita. They met in 1943 when Peron assumed the office of secretary of labor and social security of the military government, which had recently come to power. Two years later he married in 1945, when Evita Peron assisted with his release from jail after his detention by military opposition. Peron presidency in 1946 took over soon after, and given the close relationship between Evita Peron is access to a lot of power.

- BothDiana and Evita shared an affinity for the poor and the sick during the 1946 presidential campaign, avoiding their efforts in looking at the "descamisados Director" (shirtless poor) and their efforts for women's suffrage law passed in 1947 allowed women in 1951 elections for the first time in history. They also spent several hours each day to meet with the poor and visiting hospitals, orphanages, and factories. It also controls the newly created Ministry of Health,many new hospitals are built and a successful program to combat various diseases.

- Similar to Diana, Evita was a figure constantly in the public eye. Consequently, they, like Diana, was immensely fashionable. Their clothes and hair were eagerly studied, copied and commented.

- The two women died young, Evita of cervical cancer at the age of 33 years. In both cases there was no great outpouring of public grief. All activities in Argentina ended, movies cease to play;Restaurants were closed and patrons were shown the door. The public outside the official residence of the President after the announcement of his death was so thick that the streets were blocked for ten blocks in any direction. The streets of Buenos Aires flooded with flowers, which were stacked in huge piles, and within a day after the death of Evita, had sold all the flower shops in Buenos Aires.

- Diana's legacy has endured with name and fame after her death, Evita pastseems not to have ceased their international reputation. In 1980, Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice musical "Evita" won a big prize and started the ball to a strong increase in their popularity. After a delay for nearly 20 years of production, Madonna in the lead role in the adaptation, which led to Avoid as a number of international public with more than 50 years after her death fusion.

But for all the similarity, Diana and avoid some common fundamental differences;

- Bornin a family of five unmarried children, Evita background was modest, to say the least. His father left his mother a year to support after birth and as a result of poverty after the loss of his income, the family moved to the poorest of their city. To support herself and her children, sewing clothes for the mother avoids neighbors. The family was the abandonment of his father, especially since the Argentine law of illegitimate children wrinkles on his forehead branded.

-Evita is a strong political commitment, while the bulk of their public life is clearly her apart Diana. Despite its use as a platform for a humanitarian agenda, But they also open the criticism, because the administration was seen by many as a fascist Peron, ruthless repression of political opposition from a centralized authoritarian government.

- Diana was known for the money to charity, like Evita, but has surrounded the issues of money by avoidingraised several causes. Many argue that they extracted large sums from wealthy businessmen, through intimidation. It was also to maintain the amounts charged for their own purposes, for buying jewelry and clothes. Their European tour in 1947, another story published in Evita visited several heads of state, was by some as an excuse to deposit funds in a Swiss bank account mocked, some of which was earmarked for donations.

Regardless of the comparisons, Evita certainly stands aloneonly as a historical figure who has managed to achieve holiness and near the phenomenal popularity of the lower classes in Argentina, the Argentine visitors still see the lasting impact of Evita in the country. It is said that in many homes, the image of Evita on the wall next to the Virgin Mary. On July 26, 2002, the 50th anniversary of the death of Eva Peron, opened a museum in Buenos Aires in his honor as "Evita Museum. The museum, which was created by his granddaughter Cristina AlvarezRodriquez, houses many of the dresses of Eva Peron, portraits and artistic representations of their lives.

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