Evita Peron

The manager finally tells me they do, in fact, have the wine I originally wanted and I tell Maria about the food stand on the Avenida de Mayo, mere yards from the Presidential Palace balcony where Evita Peron stood decades before and where a water costs twice the price it did the day before.

Colin Barnicle: Ripped Off and Appreciating It Colin Barnicle 2011

The manager finally tells me they do, in fact, have the wine I originally wanted and I tell Maria about the food stand on the Avenida de Mayo, mere yards from the Presidential Palace balcony where Evita Peron stood decades before and where a water costs twice the price it did the day before.

Colin Barnicle: Ripped Off and Appreciating It Colin Barnicle 2011

Move over, Evita Peron -- the life of another controversial female political figure is about to get both musical and cinematic treatment.

Winnie Mandela, Ex-Wife Of Nelson Mandela, To Be Immortalized In New Opera, Movie The Huffington Post 2010

Move over, Evita Peron -- the life of another controversial female political figure is about to get both musical and cinematic treatment.

Winnie Mandela, Ex-Wife Of Nelson Mandela, To Be Immortalized In New Opera, Movie The Huffington Post 2010

Move over, Evita Peron -- the life of another controversial female political figure is about to get both musical and cinematic treatment.

Winnie Mandela, Ex-Wife Of Nelson Mandela, To Be Immortalized In New Opera, Movie The Huffington Post 2010

We are in a period of retrenchment against progressive social policies, and the women pursuing political life today owe more to Evita Peron than to Eleanor Roosevelt.

Mother MadnessSpend every moment with your child? Make your own baby food and use cloth diapers? Erica Jong 2010

Move over, Evita Peron -- the life of another controversial female political figure is about to get both musical and cinematic treatment.

Winnie Mandela, Ex-Wife Of Nelson Mandela, To Be Immortalized In New Opera, Movie The Huffington Post 2010

For Christ's sake, she's not Evita Peron, adored and worshipped by millions of shirtless, illiterate peasants as a saint or minor deity.

CNN Forced Obama Campaign To Send Out Veep Text Early 2009

Mayawati's weakness for "bling" has been demonstrated at her extravagant birthday parties, which she presides over laden with diamonds, saying (rather like Evita Peron) that her luster brings glamour and dignity to her people.

Shashi Tharoor: An Obama Moment for India's Untouchables 2009

Charlie Chaplin's corpse, like that of Evita Peron, was stolen and held for ransom.

What Price Hollywood? 2009