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forced to step down by Army, 149
is taken ill, 151
addresses crowds, 151–153
undergoes operation for cancer of uterus, 153
votes in presidential election while in hospital, 153
dying of cancer, 157–160
presented with Collar of Order of San Martin, 159
deteriorates and dies, 26
July 1952, 160
body is embalmed, 161, 162
body lies in state, mourned by nation, 163, 164
body moved to National Congress Building, 165
body removed to CGT headquarters, 166
workers seek canonisation, 167
remains to be kept on view, 167
memory reviled by anti-Perónistas, 173
discredited by new régime, 175
body disappears, 3, 175
search for body, 3, 176, 178
body recovered, sent to Bonn, Rome, Milan, 3, 177
body taken to Perón in Madrid, 178
body returned to Argentina and buried, 2, 180
affection for Perón, 124
anecdotes concerning, 88, 100, 139
appearance and dress, 84, 89, 90–125, 126
autobiography, 14, 81, 111, 157, 158
daily routine, 117–120, 124, 146
determination, 19, 21
diet, 125
energy, 146
health, 19
lacks sense of humour, 138
love of animals, 124
love of jewellery, 125, 126, 159
as propagandist, 76
temper, 40, 41, 109, 171
unforgiving nature, 52, 74, 109, 137.
Perón, President Juan Domingo, meets Eva, 24, 29
birth and ancestry, 25, 26
childhood, 26
at military college, 26
sporting activities, 26
posted to Andes, 1940, 26
forms GOU, 27
deposes President Castillo in coup, 1943, 27
creates Secretariat of Labour and Welfare, 28
dealings with Trade Unions, 28, 35
forces resignation of President Ramirez, 1944, 30
consolidates power, 31
relationship with Eva, 31–32
visits workers, 33
improves wages and conditions of workers, 34
ends meatpacking workers’ strike, 36
officers plot his downfall, 38
resigns as Vice-President, 1945, 39
support of Army and Trade Unions secured by Eva 41
addresses workers, 42
incurs anger of Army officers, 43
pleads for life, 45
supported by meat-packing workers, 46
demands to be set free, 47
returned to power by support of workers, 47, 48
resigns from Army, 49
marries Eva, 51, 54
makes promises to workers, 56
stops attacks on Jews, 57
survives train sabotage, 58
enthusiastic reception in Rosario, 58
elected President, 1946, 60
restored to Army commission, 62
takes oath of office, 62
controls universities, banks, Stock Exchange, 69
moves against Supreme Court, 69, 70
controls judiciary, 70
rewards Army for support, 70
dismantles foreign capitalist control over economy, 71, 72
takes over railways, 72
undergoes operation for appendicitis, 73
uses informers and telephone-tapping, 77
engineers coup in Bolivia, 78
encounters opposition, 100
survives conspiracy to murder, 103
insulted by Sammartino, 105, 106
closes down Vanguardia weekly, 108
accused of robbery by Cattaneo, 127
undergoes dental treatment, 127, 128
claims Argentina has produced atomic energy, 128, 129
management of economy, 129–130
opposed by Army, 133, 134
stands for re-election as President, 1951, 148
crushes attempted revolution, 150
elected President, 154
changes after death of Eva, 171
attacks Church, 172
is excommunicated, 173
is forced to flee by rebellion, 3, 173
reviled by anti-Perónistas, 173
exiled in Latin-American dictatorships, 174
tried in absence by military court, 175
discredited by new régime, 175
returns to Argentina, 1972, 179
reelected President, 179
dies, July 1 1974 and lies in state, 179
admiration for Mussolini, 37
affection for Eva, 124
anecdotes concerning, 28, 100
appearance and personality, 26, 60
boastfulness, 79
love of animals, 124
oratory and demagoguery, 42 , 49, 55, 56, 104, 110, 170
peso 34, 129, 131
Peter, Jose 35
Phantom of the Opera, The, film 30
Piovano, Mafaldo 158
Pistarini, General Juan 39, 40
Pius XII, Pope 87, 167
Plate, River 9, 17, 38, 43–45, 123
Plaza del Congresso 55
Plaza de Mayo 46, 48, 69, 104, 109, 113, 171–173
Plaza San Martin 44
Prensa, La, newspaper 79, 80, 104, 127, 140–143
Principios, Los, newspaper 139
Quartucci, Pedro 20
Quijano, Vice-President Hortensio Jazmin 146, 155
Radical Party 56, 105–107, 154, 159
Radio Argentina 22
Radio Belgrano 22–25, 32, 40, 52
Radio El Estado 32
Radio El Mundo 22, 32
radio stations 75
railways, in Argentina 14, 72
railway strike, 1951 141
Ramirez, President Pedro 23, 27–30
Rawson, General Arturo 27
Razon de mi Vida, La, 14, 25
Recoleta Cemetery, 1, 2
Red Cross, 115
Rega, Jose Lopez, 180
Repetto, Roberto 70
Review of the River Plate, The 130
Reyes, Cipriano 36, 46, 103, 104
Riachuelo Bridge 47
Riachuelo, River 36, 46, 175
Richter, Ronald 128, 129
Rio de Janeiro 94
Rivas, Nelly 172, 173, 175
Rocha, Dr Gerald 148
Rodriguez, Dr Justo Alvarez 68
Roman Catholic Church 172
Rome 85, 86, 89
Roosevelt, President Franklin D. 37
Rosario, 33, 58, 135, 146
Rosas, Juan Manuel de 4, 6, 7, 33, 77, 180
Rural Society 69
Ruspoli, Prince Allessandro 87
Saadi, Vicente Eli 74
Saint Evita, cult of 2, 3, 167, 175
Salta province 33, 139
Salto 159
Sammartino, Ernesto Enrique 105, 106
San Juan 24, 135, 146
San Martin, General Jose de 72, 139
San Miguel prison 38
Santa Fé 33
Sardinia 86
Seconds out of the Ring, film 20
Secretariat of Labour and Welfare 28
secret police 78
Señora de Perez, La play 18
sexual mores, in Argentina 12
Sforzo, Count Carlo 86
Sintonia magazine 20
Social Aid Foundation 113–115, 120
Sociedad de Beneficiencia 67, 76, 79, 80, 81, 87, 108
Soficci, Mario 53
Sosa Molina, General Humberto 133, 134, 137, 168, 169
Spain 3, 4, 82–85, 93, 178
Spendthrift, The, film 52
Staudt, Ricardo 71
sugar workers 66
Sunday Pictorial newspaper 93
Supreme Court 43, 44, 68, 70
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Sweetheart in Trouble, A, film 20
Switzerland 93, 169
Tamborini, Dr Jose P. 57, 59, 60, 62
Teisaire, Rear-Admiral Alberto 77
telephone-tapping 77
Tesorieri, Jose 29
There’s a World in Every Home, play 18
throat-cutting 5, 6
Tigre 43, 45
Time magazine 85, 88, 139
Times, The, newspaper 85
Trade Unions, in Argentina 34, 35, 41, 45
see Confederacion General del Trabajo
Tristan (cartoonist) 108, 109
Truman, President Harry S. 71, 137
Tucuman 38, 66, 72, 135, 146
Tunney, Gene 26
Tupermaros 179
Tylman, Professor Stanley D. 128
Uhlenbruck, Professor Paul 160
Unhappiest Man in Town, The, film 20
Union of Government Employees 29
United Nations Relief Agency 70
United States of America 71, 78, 82, 104, 158
Uruguay 4, 75, 80
Valenzuela, Dr Rudolfo 165
Valle, General Juan la 3
Vanguardia newspaper 108
Vatican 87, 173
Velazco, Colonel J. Filomino 42, 51
Venice 88
Versailles 89
Victoria, Queen 78
Villa Devoto gaol 29, 38, 181
Villarroel, Gilberto 78, 79
Vinas, David 154
virginity, in Argentina 12
Vitolo, Alfredo R. 106
Vuletich, Eduardo 168
White, John 4, 28
women, in Argentina 12
World War II 21, 38, 61, 129
Yankelevich, Jaime 23, 32, 40, 52–54
Zawarski, Dr Helen 151
Zini, Malisa 32, 169
JOHN BARNES first arrived in Argentina in 1955 as a teenager. He spent three years there as an editor of the Buenos Aires Herald and returned years later as Latin American bureau chief for Newsweek. During his thirty years as a foreign correspondent, Barnes has worked in Africa, the Far East, Europe, and the Middle East. He is the president of SunCoast Press, the publisher of the Merritt Island Press and Cocoa Beach and Cape Canaveral Press.
* From Bloody Precedent by Fleur Cowles.
* From his book, El Caso de Eva Peron.