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A mural of Argentine former first lady María Eva Duarte de Perón, better known as Eva Perón, or Evita, depicting her with a saint's halo, adorns a wall inside the Peron Peron restaurant in the San Telmo neighborhood of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

A prayer for Evita: Here’s why many Argentines are devoted to a first lady who died in 1952

By María Teresa Hernández - Associated Press

A candle stands near a picture of Argentina's late former first lady Maria Eva Duarte de Peron, better known as &quot;Evita&quot; at &quot;El Santa Evita&quot; restaurant in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Sunday, July 24, 2022. Argentines commemorate the 70th anniversary of the death of their most famous first lady on Tuesday, Evita who died of cancer on July 26, 1952, at the age of 33. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

Argentines yearn for Evita, 70 years after her death

By Daniel Politi - Associated Press