Word: peronism
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With both Evita and Isabel Peron still in its living memory, Argentina is not unused to the idea of conjugal succession to the presidency. Still, it is a startling political development that the current First Lady, a left-leaning firebrand senator named Cristina Kirchner, will run for the presidency in the country's upcoming October elections. Her husband, incumbent Peronist President Nestor Kirchner, who remains more popular than his wife in the polls, will step aside from seeking reelection after four successful years in office...
...PERON Argentina's First Lady died in 1952, but after a 1955 coup her body was "lost" for 16 years--at one point hidden in an army major's office--then sent to Spain. She was entombed, finally, in Buenos Aires...
JUAN AND EVITA PERON Argentine President Perón named his second wife Eva the nation's Spiritual Leader before she died in 1952. When he became President for a second time in 1973, he chose third wife Isabel...
...Duarte And Juan Peron A Tango of Power in Argentina...
...earth moved, and they met. On Jan. 15, 1944, an earthquake hit Argentina. At a benefit for victims, radio actress Eva Duarte sidled up to Colonel Juan Peron. The Lady had found her Macbeth. Peron was elected in 1946 and ran Argentina with the glittering Evita by his side until her death, at 33, from cancer...