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Article: Peron DNA Taken to Settle Paternity Test
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- October 12, 2006
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SAN VICENTE, Argentina - A court-ordered DNA sample to be taken from the corpse of Juan Peron on Friday is only the latest indignity endured by the South American strongman and his adored wife Evita in their remarkably strange afterlife. The test, ordered to resolve a paternity claim that Peronists have long considered an insult, clears the last obstacle to his reburial.
The ceremony Tuesday will bring out a huge display of official affection for the caudillo who radically reshaped Argentina's economic and political life, and provide an opportunity for Peronist party members to present their claims to his legacy. President Nestor Kirchner, on the Peronist left, faces a potential challenge ...