But on August 22, Evita went on radio to renounce the post. She wanted only a supporting role In Peron's «marvelous chapter in history.» The date of her renunciation became The second great day of Peronism. The government portrayed it as an act of Supreme selflessness. Only a month later, Evita was diagnosed with cancer of the uterus. When News of her illness got out, people began holding special masses. Miracles were Reported. She died professing love for her people and receiving their Expressions of devotion in return. In such an atmosphere, Peron's re-election Itself became a sort of ritual, so that when Evita voted from her hospital bed, The nurses fell to their knees and kissed her ballot box. After the election, a biopsy revealed that the cancer had spread. In June 1952, Peron's congress named Evita the Spiritual Leader of the Nation. Her Own final contribution to that deification came in her will, in which she wrote That she wanted «the poor, the old, the children, and the workers to continue Writing to me as they did in my lifetime.» She died on July 26, 1952, at the age Of 33.

A specialist was brought in to embalm the body and make it «definitively Incorruptible.» Evita's body lay in state for 13 days-and even then the crowds Showed no sign of diminishing. In the decades that followed, Peronism continued to occupy a place in Argentine political life, taking the form mainly of anti-government terrorism. In 1971, after a number of demands by terrorists, the Argentine government Agreed to return Evita's body. It was shipped to Peron in Spain. That year, Peron was allowed to return to Argentina; two years later he Was president again. He died in office, and it was his wife and successor, Isabel, who brought Evita's body back to Argentina, in the hope that the aura of A saint would again dazzle the public.

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There are many causes which enabled Juan Domingo Peron to establish himself as the sole ruler of Argentina. Whither these are long term causes such as the political instability created by previous regimes, USA protectionism and WWI or short term causes as his own ability to climb up the ladder of political force, WWII and

• Eva Peron

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• Evita: Saint or Sinner?

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