Commentary 
Today marks the anniversary of Eva Peron’s death, a tragic event for those who don’t know her real story. Honored in the Broadway musical “Evita,” the popular Madonna song “Don’t Cry for Me, Argentina” from the movie “Evita,” and even a new Disney show, Evita is often celebrated as a champion of labor and women’s rights.
The wife of Col. Juan Peron, she served as First Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952, emerging as an Argentine power player within the labor unions. Through her various political ventures, Peron positioned herself as a socialist champion of the poor (referred to as “the shirtless”), earning lavish newspaper headlines and Time Magazine covers. Time went so far as to call her an “Argentine rainbow” and a “woman of the people.”…