Foto of the Week—Evita over 9 de Julio

Buenos Aires has Evita Perón fever lately. The 60th anniversary of her death was on July 26. Last Thursday the government unveiled a new 100 peso bill with the visage of the Argentine icon.

This ten-story steel portrait of her on the Health Administration building at 9 de Julio and Belgrano streets was inaugurated a year ago on the 59th anniversary of Eva Perón’s death. Eva Perón was a champion of the poor and is virtually consider a saint by Peronists. Sitting president, Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, has a similar populist style and takes any opportunity to compare herself with the former first lady.