Juan Peron tried to steer Argentina between Washington and Moscow, but his promise of social justice came with repression, ...

For the second week, Buenos Aires’ La Prensa was closed down. The independent conservative newspaper, one of the most respected in the world, was in a fight for its existence against Juan Peron. It ...

Wildly cheered by flag-waving crowds, a lean, leathery man in an olive-green army uniform rode triumphantly into Buenos Aires one sunny day last week to take over as President of Argentina. The new ...

Some 12 miles southwest of the city of Buenos Aires is a remarkable settlement called Ciudad Evita. It was founded in 1947 by the then-president of Argentina, Juan Perón, in tribute to his wife, Eva.

Was Juan Perón really a fascist, a socialist, or something entirely different? In this episode of War 2 War, we explore the rise of Peronism in post–World War II Argentina and how Perón tried to ...

Juan Perón seemed an ordinary army officer, somewhat colorless but surprisingly pro-labor, when selected by Argentina’s military to influence a semi-civilian World War II government. Argentina’s ...