ThisisthestoryofEvaPerónafterherdeathTheembalmedbodyofEvitahadaneventfuljourneythatlastedfor22years,andwaseverybitaseventfulasher33yearsoflifeEvitadiedin1952,buthercorpsewaitedabovegroundforthreeyearsfortheconstructionofamonumentthatwasultimatelyneverbuiltIn1955,PresidentPerón’sgovernmentwasoverthrownbyamilitarycoup,whohidthebodyfor19yearstopreventitfrombecomingasymbolagainsttheregimeWhileonlyapoliticalfigureforsixyearsasGeneralPerón'swife,hercorpseinfluencedArgentinepoliticsformorethantwodecades—weavingamorbidlystrangestorythatpassedintotherealmofmythologyTothemilitaryofficersthattookover,Evitawasevenmoredangerousthanwhenshewasalive,asallfearedthaterrantcorpsewithoutarestingplace