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Article: EVA PERON RETURNS TO ARGENTINA IN THE HYPE AND STRIFE OF `EVITA'.(LIFE & LEISURE)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
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- February 19, 1997
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Byline: SEBASTIAN ROTELLA Los Angeles Times
BUENOS AIRES -- Resurrected by Hollywood, Eva Peron has returned to Argentina in a characteristic blaze of hype, strife and emotion.
Monday's Argentine premiere of the film version of rock opera ``Evita'' was a much-anticipated event that combined several Argentine obsessions: the legendary first lady, the world's opinion of Argentina and Argentina's opinion of itself.
And the reaction displayed the enduring ferocity of the eternal national argument over Evita, who is both worshiped and despised because of her populist flamboyance. Squads of police guarded previews for journalists and VIPs. Politicians ...