In Ballet Hispánico’s “Doña Perón,” choreographer Annabelle Lopez Ochoa studies the enigmatic, charismatic Argentine icon.

Young Evita Duarte is poor but rich in determination to become a celebrity. She acts and dances her way to success, and then she meets influential politician Juan Peron. Now: Evita Peron, the wife ...

A divided legacy marks 50 years since Peron’s return to Argentina. June 20 marks the 50th anniversary of Juan Peron’s second return to Argentina, after a coup exiled the populist leader.

Then U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon speaks near a portrait of former Argentinean President Juan Domingo Peron and his wife Eva Duarte de Peron, during a visit to the Bicentenary Museum at the ...

At one time or another all three of them were in the same line of work; outsiders might easily picture ex-Dictator Juan Peron, 63, and ex-Dictator Fulgencio Batista, 58, gathered around Dictator ...

Ms Peron took over the presidency from her husband, three-time President Juan Domingo Peron, when he died in 1974. Federal judge Raul Acosta issued the warrant via the international police ...

Saint or swindler? Why, more than 70 years after her death, Eva Perón remains so fascinating. As Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber’s juggernaut musical ‘Evita’ prepares for its West End ...

Juan Peron’s second inauguration for a six-year presidential term should have been one of the gaudiest occasions of his career. Instead, the pampas dictator ordered all ceremonies severely ...

Premieres Friday, April 14, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS App + Encore Sunday, April 16 at 3 p.m. on KPBS 2. NEXT AT THE KENNEDY CENTER will feature Ballet Hispánico’s explosive portrait of ...