Some 12 miles southwest of the city of Buenos Aires is a remarkable settlement called Ciudad Evita. It was founded in 1947 by the then-president of Argentina, Juan Perón, in tribute to his wife, Eva.

Argentine writer Tomas Eloy Martinez, author of the book “Santa Evita,” referred to Eva Perón in a 1996 interview as “the Cinderella of the Tango.” Indeed. The brief but eventful life of the former ...

Eva María Duarte de Perón was an Argentine actress and political leader, the wife of Argentine President Juan Perón and First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is usually ...

“Evita,” the musical drama made into a movie starring Madonna, is based on the life of a legend. Her name was Eva Maria “Evita” Ibarguren Duarte Peron, the first wife of Juan Peron, Argentina’s ...

Héctor Germán Oesterheld, Alberto Breccia, and Enrique Breccia, trans. from the Spanish by Erica Mena. Fantagraphics, $19.99 (72p) ISBN 978-1-68396-691-3 This hagiographic 1970s biography of Eva Perón ...

The Eva Perón Foundation was a charitable foundation begun by Eva Perón, a prominent Argentine political leader, when she was the First Lady and Spiritual Leader of the Nation of Argentina. It ...

Michael Grandage’s revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s “Evita” at the Marquis Theater is stately, sincere and sober-sided. By Ben Brantley The wife of Juan Perón made an indelible mark on ...