TAG Eva Perón
The Populist Tango
How real Evita Perón’s desire was to truly change the lives of the poor, is still a subject for debate even today. Was it really about helping others or a desperate desire to escape the poverty which she was born into?
THE CULT OF EVA
IIn Moscow, Cristina Kirchner celebrates Eva Perón and, in doing so, sketches her own portrait: a woman of power navigating cult of personality, populism, and Putin-style strategy. A troubling performance of a reinvented political legacy.
LE CULTE D’EVA
À Moscou, Cristina Kirchner rend hommage à Évita — miroir idéal pour une présidente en quête d’éternité. Sous les fleurs, le fard et les grandes phrases, elle recycle le péronisme façon Kremlin : culte de soi, populisme chic et nostalgie en option géopolitique.