Critics of Peronism accuse the movement of engaging in populism and patronage to win votes from the poor rather than promoting social mobility through structural reforms. But away from political debates, Evita's persona has transcended time and borders.
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — A half-deflated leather football, a box of marbles, a ragged doll and a handful of windup cars and trains line the display cabinets in the Evita Museum like ancient relics. These worn-out toys played a vital role in the rise of Peronism in Argentina, one of the most influential movements in Latin America.
To mark the 100th anniversary of her birth on May 7, 1919, the Evita Museum in Buenos Aires has inaugurated an exhibition titled"Childhood and Peronism, the toys of the Eva Perón Foundation." It displays several dozen of the toys distributed by the party every Christmas Day and the Epiphany holiday between 1948 and 1955.
Juan Perón, an army general, served as president for two different spans. He first took office in 1946 and won re-election in 1951 with a landslide victory of 63.4% of the votes, still the highest percentage ever in Argentina. The beginning of his second term, in 1952, was overshadowed by Evita's death at age 33 from uterine cancer. Three years later, he was overthrown and forced into exile by a military coup. After 18 years, Perón returned and was elected president again in 1973.
Many children were delivered toys by Evita herself, while others picked up their gifts at post offices across the country.
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