This blog post is dedicated entirely to the
beloved Evita. Everyone has heard of Eva Peron and vaguely knows who she is,
but it’s impossible to know the extent to which she permeates Argentinian culture and
infiltrates the hearts of the masses until you experience it for yourself. Evita is not a simply a politician who was
loved by her people – Evita was the mother, voice, savior, hope and protector of
the Argentinian people. Eva Peron was, is, and always will be loved. Evita is
literally the center and heart of Argentina as a giant portrait of Eva marks
the exact center of Buenos Aires (all street addresses, boulevards, and barrios
start in the heart of the city at 0,0,0).
The picture below is La Casa Rosa (The Pink
House) which is the Argentinian equivalent to The White House. The balcony shown in the second picture is
where Evita gave the famous speech that made her known and loved around the
world: the passionate and chilling speech where she rejects the vice presidency
due to her severe health condition. Eva was incredibly moved that her people
elected her for the role of vice president, but she also had to make the
hardest decision of her life to reject the role. According to legend and lore,
Evita was aware that she would die soon and thus wanted a candidate that could
give the people more stability in next couple years. Evita eventually ended the
speech because she was overcome with emotion and her tears of love, passion, and
sadness were shown in pictures all around the world. This dramatic goodbye to her people also spurred
the great Andrew Lloyd Weber to make this moment eternal with his famous song “Don’t
Cry for me Argentina”.
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| La Casa Rosa |
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| The Balcony of Eva's speech |
To this day, the people of Argentina still commemorate Evita and travel thousands of miles to the heart of Buenos Aires to leave flowers at her resting place.
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