• Juan Domingo Perón A basic biography in English Biography By Lindon Ratliff.
• Juan Domingo Perón. Simple basic timeline from NNDB
• Juan Domingo Perón Clear bio by Felipe Pigna in El Historiador
• Peron: "Official" biography from the Buenos Aires Justicialist (Perónist) Party.
• Instituto Nacional Juan Domingo Perón Basic biography produced by the National Institute. Well produced pages with activities, but limited links to wide range of views.....

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a) Ideas & Propaganda   

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• Justicialism Extracts (in English) from Juan Domingo Perón, Perónist Doctrine. Edited by the Perónist Party. (Buenos Aires, 1952). Modern History Sourcebook
• The Twenty Truths of the Peronist Movement (1940s) The Justicialist movement’s core tenets. From Argentine Sourcebook By T Edsell. §
• Juan Domingo Perón Argentine Presidential Messages   Well indexed dating from 1946 onwards. The actual documents are shown as photocopied images. Note: Downloading can be slow! University of Texas.
• Selling a Dictatorship: Propaganda and the Peróns Clive Foss, writing in History Today, March 2000. Foss describes the propaganda effort that the Argentine dictator made to win the gratitude and affection of the entire populace. (This is a "free" mirror of the article which is subscription only and available here.).
•   Hispanidad y oportunismo político/ Hispanidad and political opportunism. Interesting article looking at Perón's attempts firstly to develop a more hispanic culture based on traditional Hispanic Spain, and then its replacement by a more latin focus. In Spanish but translates clearly using google translator. By Raanan Rein
• Los libros sobre el peronismo. Pdf article from Peronismo, filosofía política de una obstinación Argentina. Very useful for those users with sound Spanish. Based on the (Nov 2007) lectures of José Pablo Feinmann and published as pdf's by Página 12. Click here for full list of articles.
• Perón dirigiéndose a los trabajadores. Hear Peron talk to the workers!!
• Juan Perón speeches Wide selection of speeches made by Perón. (scroll to bottom half of page for Perónist marches). From peronvencealtiempo site
• Working Politics: Juan Domingo Perón’s Creation of Positive Identity Article by looking at the assertion by Perόn that “politics is work,” . This metaphor gave the previously disenfranchised working class a positive identity and at the same time extended opportunities for political participation.
• Perón y el peronismo: bibliographical essay by Mariano Ben Plotkin, Univ Of Berkeley

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b) Domestic Policy    

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Industrial Development

• The Legacy of Juan Perón Brief, but focus is really on the economy. A place to start.
• Remaking the Argentine Economy Google Book full preview providing clear history of Perón's economy. By Felipe A. M. de la. Balze (1995)
• Una Argentina industrial para la postguerra From the 1943 ¡Aquí está! Magazine. Looks at possible plans for Argentina's postwar economy
• Conducción política y economía and  Discurso en la Bolsa de Comercio. Two pdf articles from Peronismo, filosofía política de una obstinación Argentina. Very useful for those users with sound Spanish. Based on the (Nov 2007) lectures of José Pablo Feinmann and published as pdf's by Página 12. Click here for full list of articles.
• The Pulqui story. Brief history of the industrial project that for so many proved the economic "signature" policy of Peron: the attempt to build a domestic jet industry (using exiled German engineers). Heavily subsidised, it eventually failed in tandem with Peron. Good images, drawings and links to YouTube videos of Pulqui I & II!
• Naranjeros, Gauchos and Indians By Hernán Longoni. This detailed article describes the development of an Argentine Flying Wing and other (German engineer led) aviation projects after 1945.
• "Argentina": Forgotten locomotive, the pride and joy of Perón's Argentina. Article on the construction and recent discovery in a Tucumán rail shed of the Perόn prestige project to build a high speed steam loco. For more on the loco rescue  itself go to the Argentina Rescue Fund.
• Nuclear Politics in Cold War Argentina by David Sheinin, Trent University & Beatriz Figallo, CONICET. Academic essay studies the early support for nuclear as part of Perón’s vision and insistence on the importance of nuclear power to Argentine development.
• Institutions and economic stabilisations in Argentina and Spain 1958-59: the political economy of reform in crony capitalist systems. Article by Chris Vellacott, London School of Economics which examines the Perón economic model & its immediate consequences. (This is the html link version of what is otherwise a Word document which does not download easily).
• What the People Want: State Planning and Political Participation in Peronist Argentina, 1946–1955 by Eduardo Elena. This (lengthy academic) 2005 study examines an episode in the social history of state planning by focusing on the 1951 campaign to request popular support for the Second Five-Year Plan.
• Argentina: What Went Wrong By Colin M. MacLachlan. Couple of pages on Google Book Search on the impact of economic policies. (We will need to see how this operates. At the moment it appears to allow wide access to a useful resource.)

Social Policy

• Politics and Education in Argentina, 1946-1962 By Mónica Esti Rein. Links from Google Book search to a valuable resource that focuses on the formal education system in Argentina during the 1940s, the 1950s, and the early 1960s. Go to page 33. It analyzes the link between politics and education against the backdrop of changing social conditions in Argentina under the regimes of Perón, Lonardi and Aramburu (the Liberating Revolution), and Frondizi. (1998)
• Por los caminos del indio (Googled English as Perón and the Kolla Indians. Tells the 1946 story of how Perón dealt summarily with members of the Kolla tribe seeking better conditions. Well supported with illustrations.

• Peronismo y catolicismo. Pdf article from Peronismo, filosofía política de una obstinación Argentina. Very useful for those users with sound Spanish. Based on the (Nov 2007) lectures of José Pablo Feinmann and published as pdf's by Página 12. Click here for full list of articles.

Unrest and revolt

• (from Armed Conflict Events Data site):
  • Argentine Revolt 1951
  • Military Revolt in Buenos Aires 1955
  • Military Revolt in Argentina 1955
  • Peronist Unrest in Argentina 1956-7
• Escarmientos/Lessons  Apogee & decay of the Terrorist state. Article by Horacio Verbitsky, on military intervention in Argentine politics with events of 1955 as a focus. (English version: Click to  read the googled translation of the article).
• The Peróns: Argentina’s Populist Power Couple " Were the Peróns really so bad? Or have they merely been smeared because the populist Perón was not unfriendly to the Third Reich?" Analysis by Robert K. Logan in The Barnes review.  §
• Historia del peronismo - El regreso definitivo de Peron (the return of Perón)

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b) Documentary materials    

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• Penn State library Peron collection Book covers with annotations. Interesting
• Peron: Argentine Sub-Imperialist Contemporary (Jan 1948) left wing analysis by Luis Velasco published in New International
• Argentine Sourcebook By T Edsell (These links to the site are courtesy of the Wayback Machine as the original site appears to be currently homeless ....... ) §
• Perónismo recordings from the period from Argentina's El Historiador

• Los Muchachos Peronistas-Marcha Peronista
• The Peronist Boys-Peronist Marching Song (Second anthem of Perónist Movement centering on Eva Perón)  §
• Peronist Chants from 1945-1990 Chants and songs from the Perónist movement as it evolved. §

• Selections from a Peronist textbook for children -  provide insight into gender and Peronism.  §
• Selections from Cuentos del 17 de Octubre (First chapter of children’s book celebrating the 1945 events to free Perón from arrest.) §

• From Mundo Peronista, March 15, 1955
  • Social Justice in the Living Thoughts of Perón (A series of short lessons for the followers of Perón to read and memorize.)  §
  • Bill of Rights of the Workers (1947) §

• La fuerza es el derecho de las bestias - Force is the Right of the Beasts (1958) (Written early in his period of exile, explains Justicialist the "Third Way" between capitalism and communism §)

• From Mundo Perónista, March 15, 1955 A page reproduced from the perónist paper with limited comments. potentially interesting as it shows how the (perónist) press would present one of Perón's days. In reality it is quite difficult to make out the images.  §
• Juan and Eva Perón receive a rapturous welcome from supporters. Good quality, but no sound

Contemporary Articles from El Historiador (can be googled into English)

• El 17 de octubre de 1945 - Testimonio de un obrero
• La caída del Presidente Ramírez 
• 23 de septiembre de 1947 - Se promulga la ley que instituye el voto femenino
• Manuel Gálvez escribe acerca del Coronel Perón en 1944  
• 26 de julio de 1952 - Muere Eva Perón (Mi voluntad suprema)
• No bombardeen Buenos Aires

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c) Foreign policy    

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• The Irish Legation in Perón’s Argentina (1948–55) by Paul Hand, School of Law and Government, Dublin City University. Detailed (18 sides) articles focuses on Irish diplomacy towards Peron. Through his interactions with diplomatic and journalistic contacts as well as with Irish- Argentinean acquaintances, the Irish diplomat, Murphy perceptively documented both the dubious economic policies and the increasing totalitarianism of the government, which ultimately paved the way for Perón’s downfall. In this sense, Murphy’s reports constitute a valuable analysis of one of the defining regimes of Latin American populism.

Although in Spanish, these will all translate reasonably well using Google translator....

• Foreign policy of Argentina: Thorough, detailed description of the period from the Argentine Universidad del CEMA educational site. Translates reasonably well using Google. Relevant chapters:
  • Economic relations with other countries: Las relaciones económicas externas, 1943-1989.
  • The diplomacy of the Malvinas/Falklands: La diplomacia de Malvinas, 1945-1989.
  • Political relations: Las relaciones políticas 1943-66
• Argentine relations with Franco's Spain: Las relaciones con la España franquista Thorough, detailed description of the period from the Argentine Universidad del CEMA. educational site. Translates reasonably well using Google.
• The Franco-Perón Alliance. Relations Between Spain and Argentina,1946-1955 Pittsburgh University Press, 1993. Detailed review in Spanish by Mónica Quijada
• El Pacto Perón-Franco: justificación ideológica y nacionalismo en Argentina. Looks at Perons  ideological links with Spain's Franco.  In Spanish but translates clearly using google translator. By Raanan Rein
• Eva Peron en España and Gira Italian Illustrated description of Eva Duarte's visit to Spain and reception by Franco as well as the Italian Vatican meetings.

Perόn and the Nazi's    

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Go to Perόn and the Nazi's A separate casahistoria page of extensive links to the connections between Perόn and the Nazi's after 1945

 

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d) Exile    

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• El General Juan Domingo Perón habla en octubre del ’55 Juan Domingo Perón speaks in October of'55 Interview in Paraguay to journalist Rodolfo Parbst a few days after the October 1955 coup (google translation)
• Juan Perón on Revolutionary and Guerrilla Warfare (1969) (Perón's views on the growth of such movements in the late 1960's.) Article written in exile (from Argentine Sourcebook)
• Historia del peronismo - Speech of Perón from balcony of Casa Rosado 01/05/74
• Selection from The Hour of the People, La hora de los pueblos (Condemning the US use of aid as a tool of foreign policy. Article written in exile (from Argentine Sourcebook)
• Perón y Franco- Foro por la Memoria Brief article on the ambiguity of the attitude of Franco to Perón in exile.
• The Legacy of Juan Perón Columbia Univ student produced? Relies heavily on information contained in the chapter on Argentina in the out-of-print "The Great Fear in Latin America" by John Gerassi (Latin America bureau chief of Time Magazine.)

Go to the Argentina Post Perón page for links to Perón's return and the situation surrounding & following it.

 

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Eva Duarte Perón    

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Eva Duarte / Perón biography sites

I am sorry to say there is a multitude of truly grim fan sites about Eva Perón designed by film buffs and Madonna fans. (This now also applies to many of the Eva Peron videos posted on YouTube). It is very difficult - and time consuming - to sort out the valuable from the peripheral sites!!

• Eva Perón excellent site from the Argentine Ministerio de Educación. Click on their enlaces (links) page for very useful sites (mainly in castellano). (Can be slow to load)
• Evita Perón Historical Research Foundation Partisan, but detailed and slickly designed. Good source of images.
• Eva Perón Wikipaedia page. Well written.
• María Eva Duarte de Perón -  Ofrece información sobre la abanderada de los pobres con artículos de opinión y enlaces a otros sitios vinculados con ella. A better than average Eva fan site.
• Eva Perón. The first of five pdf articles from Peronismo, filosofía política de una obstinación Argentina. Peronism - (the political philosophy of Argentine obstinacy). Very useful for those users with sound Spanish. This link takes you to the (Nov 2008) lectures of José Pablo Feinmann and published as pdf's by Página 12. Click here for full list of articles.
• Eva Duarte de Perón An attempt to present two (brief) but conflicting views (Félix Luna & Alberto Ciria) of Eva Duarte. This is the Wayback version as the site has been hijacked by a tour company....   §
• UK Public Record Office: Diplomat said Eva Peron was self-obsessed Newspaper article from the Independent, 2001  after 50 year records were opened...
• The mystery of Evita Interesting 1996 review article in Salon of Santa Evita," by Tomás Eloy Martínez, "Eva Perón," by Alicia Dujovne Ortiz & "In My Own Words: Evita" by Kaitlin Quistgaard, staff writer for the Buenos Aires Herald and the exclusive contributor from Argentina for Time magazine and the Miami Herald.
• The Woman Behind the Myth  by Tomas Eloy Martinez for Time Magazine. Martinez is the author of Santa Evita and The Peron Novel and Director of the Latin American program at Rutgers University

Eva Duarte - Writing & Speeches

• Excerpts from Evita's own story "La razón de mi vida" or "The Reason for my Life" by Eva Duarte Perón in her own words. (In English)  §
• Eva Duarte de Perón: History of Perónism, excerpts, 1951. from the Modern History Sourcebook site My Labour in the Field of Social Aid (1949) Speech by Eva Perón describing the Peronists role in social welfare.  §
• Frases Extracts from writings and speeches in castellano. From the Argentine Ministerio de Educación site. Can be slow to load.
• Speech given by Eva Perón on May 4th, 1950,after a lunch in her honor held by the Perónist Feminist Party in the Federal Capitol District, Buenos Aires
• Eva Perón speeches Wide selection of speeches made by Eva Perón. (scroll to bottom half of page). From peronvencealtiempo site.

Death, legacy & obituaries

• BBC: Eva Perón Dies Read about Eva Perón's death from cancer in 1953. However the main value are perhaps the links to video and audio recordings of and about Eva
• Saga Of Eva Perón: 12 Years To Power New York Times obituary, July 27, 1952
• Evita: 50 years as a symbol BBC article looking back at the impact of Eva Duarte
• Eva Duarte Clarín (one of Argentina's leading dailies) mutimedia site on the death of Eva Duarte. Audio excerpts, but site is not too well designed
• She Died Just In Time Listen to this BBC programme which looks at the legacy of the former first lady of Argentina, Eva Perón. Contains archive of Evita, and interviews conducted in Argentina, including Evita's grand-niece, senior Peronist politician and friend to Evita, Senator Antonio Cafiero, Ana Macri, Evita's right hand woman and Argentina's first female MP, and Doctor Hipolito Irigoyen, grand-nephew of an Argentine president and an early Evita detractor.

Oral history

• Peronism in Argentina To hear personal reminiscences of Eva Perón
• Christina Alvarez Rodriguez, Eva Perón’s grand niece tells of the childhood and rise to power of one of the world’s richest and most powerful women. (or read the transcript)
• Estella Frias, from Argentina, talks of her childhood during the Peron regime "We were all brought up to hate and fear the Peróns" (BBC Woman's Hour, 1978)
•   Oral witness accounts of Eva Perón  Excellent production by the BBC
• Testimonio: Antonio Caffiero, político e historiador perónista
• Testimonio: Cristina Álvarez, sobrina nieta de Eva Perón
• Eva Perón dirigiéndose a los descamisados  

Evita on film

• Evita: The Woman Behind the Myth - Part 1 of 5 This is the first of 5 part 1996 A&E Biography of Eva Perón in English. Once you start this episode you will find links to the others.
• Eva Perón filmed during a visit to Spain in 1947 No sound
• The unknown photos of Evita Perón YouTube film about new images of Eva Duarte Perón which were hidden for more than 40 years, by photographer Alfredo Mazzorotolo, who shadowed Evita and captured some of Perón's most personal moments.
• Film excerpts from the Historia del perónismo - (history of Perónism). In Spanish:
  •  1947 - Discursos Perón y Evita
  •  La fundacion Eva Perón
  •   1951 - Renunciamiento de Evita 1
  •   Renunciamiento de Evita 2
  •   La agonia de Evita
  •   Evita: el adiós

General

• Eva Perón Links to Eva Duarte sites in Spanish and English

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