There was no longer any doubt about it: Eva Perón was desperately ill. Last week, in the first official bulletin on her health since her operation, probably for cancer, last November, Argentina learned that she was abed for a "complete rest," her condition "unsatisfactory." Subsequent bulletins reported "no change whatsoever."
At the request of the Foreign Office, the French ambassador canceled the gay show scheduled for Bastille Day this week at the Colón Opera House; four other diplomatic parties were called off. Juan Perón spent most of his time at Eva's bedside in the secluded presidential residence in suburban Olivos.
Since her...
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