Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth - 2/5

A 1996 Biography on the legendary first lady of Argentina. Includes a short segment on the then up-coming film version starring Madonna and extensive interviews with biographers and experts on Eva Peron's life.

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[maretrg]

@musicafederico The important factor here is that Perón had total control when he was in power. He got rid of those who spoke against him, usually through arrest, deportation or blacklisting, and controlled every aspect of the government. The fact that he allowed elections to continue doesn't make him not a dictator; as my history teacher said, it makes him a "nice" dictator.

[musicafederico]

@maretrg ignorante, Peron gano 3 elecciones democraticas...

[maretrg]

@hesgone95

A totalitarian ruler is a ruler who takes total control over their country, regardless of how they came to power. Stalin and Hitler were also legally elected, Perón was just less harsh about removing his opponents.

[GRANBESTIA]

@1tomkev what do they know? They are americans... First they believe south america is another continent and second they think that cuz we speak spanish we all eat tacos like in Mexico, no offenses to the mexicans but I HATE/DESPISE TACOS

[1tomkev]

The only thing Eva did when Peron was arrested was to go to prominent attorney Juan Bragmilia to get a Writ of Habeaus Corpus but he was afraid they would flee the country. Other attorneys turned her down.

[1tomkev]

I can't believe Biography got it wrong. Peron was not totalitarion because he did allow other parties to exist. He was an authoritarian dictator. They were both demagogues. It was Franco who invited Peron to Spain but Eva went instead. Eva Peron was a monster who recited violent rhetoric to espouse Peronism.She was vengeful and vindictive. She was the basic cause of his arrest. Her Foundation got its money through extortion.

[hesgone95]

@ArturoStojanoff

You obviously have no idea what your position is if you call Peron a totalitarian ruler. Read some history moron, he was a populist leader who was legally elected president NOT a totalitarian dictator. Convservative revisionist call him a totalitarian because he did good things for the popular classes and acted against the elite oligarchic class. Really, read some history.

[ArturoStojanoff]

1:37 dude passing by

"Oooh... would you look at that..."

One thing, I'm not saying it's okay, but totalitarian governments had started way before Perón, he didn't stop that, which is indeed wrong, but he did do some stuff others would have never done for the people. I'm not all that sure about my position, but I think that although Perón's government had countless flaws (not that many, actually, if you consider the year), it was the best since, and a great breakthrough for Argentina.

[berguss22]

was she a Zionist?

[VanitasxAura]

@kgldude Well, everyone has their own opinion and I respect your opinion. It's always interesting for me to see what everyone has to say about the Peronist regiment. Personally, I think that Peron did go a little overboard by using the military to handle some situations. Not a good idea.