Eva Perón, Don't Cry for Me, Argentina (Eva Perón, No Llores Por Mí, Argentina)

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Eva 'Evita' Perón, a woman who caused so much amazement and admiration over the decades that even Madonna, the Queen of Pop, begged to play her in a film. A young woman who, despite growing into the wealth of Argentine politics, actually came from a poor background and knew what it meant to be hungry.
The wife of controversial president, Juan Domingo Perón, Evita was a radically contrasting figure. On the one hand, she mingled with the poor and brought women's rights forward a few decades...
On the other, she and her husband were supporters of fascism across the world, including figures such as Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler.
But we'll let you conclude as to how you feel about her, because nobody (not even the greatest humans of all time) are either "good" or "bad".
Transcript of this episode is available at: https://podcast.lingomastery.com/listen/1187