Argentina’s populist political movement is at its lowest ebb

Housed in a neo-hispanic mansion in Palermo, a posh neighbourhood in Buenos Aires, the capital of Argentina, the Evita Perón museum tells the story of the birth of Latin American populism as a mass movement. In grainy newsreels, Eva and Juan Perón (pictured) address multitudes in the Plaza de Mayo, the city’s main square. One reel shows a demonstration by workers on October 17th 1945 that secured the freedom of Colonel Perón, as he then was, after a brief imprisonment—events that would propel him to victory in a presidential election.