Long Live the Troublemakers
The Perons (Juan and his self-absorbed and wildly popular – at least with the female public – wife, Eva (Evita) brought both populism and economic ruin to what had been until then a prosperous Argentina. By promising free stuff to voters, and Evita’s promotion of female suffrage – she was hugely influential in winning the righ…
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