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The story of Evita

How Eva Peron rose from a childhood of poverty to become one of the most powerful figures in Latin America.

Eva Peron rose from a childhood of poverty to become one of the most powerful figures in Latin America. An illegitimate small town girl, she smashed class and gender barriers to become Argentina’s controversial First Lady. Loved and loathed, Rajan Datar discusses her life, work and remarkable afterlife with biographer Jill Hedges, historian Ranaan Rein, and cultural theorist Claudia Soria.

[Photo: Eva Peron in 1951. Credit: Keystone/Getty Images]

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