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<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>’ <strong>Top</strong> <strong>10</strong><br />
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Left Former president Juan Domingo Perón Right Jorge Rafael Videla<br />
Porteño Personalities<br />
! Diego Maradona (b. 1960)<br />
Known as “El Diez,”<br />
“El Pibe,” “Dios”, by his jersey<br />
number, as “the kid” or, simply,<br />
“God,” Diego Maradona is the<br />
face of Argentinian soccer. His<br />
two goals in the 1986 quarterfinal<br />
against England are the<br />
most infamous and sublime in<br />
World Cup history.<br />
Carlos Gardel (1890–1935)<br />
@ “Gardel sings better every<br />
day,” so goes the refrain in<br />
<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>. Such is the<br />
unwavering love for this tango<br />
legend, whose singing and<br />
songwriting helped break tango<br />
worldwide (see pp28–9).<br />
£ Susana Gimenez (b. 1944)<br />
Former actress and current<br />
talk-show host, Susana Gimenez,<br />
though close to retirement age,<br />
does not look a day over 35.<br />
She can still be seen gracing<br />
magazine covers and high-profile<br />
social gatherings every week.<br />
$ Carlos Menem (b. 1930)<br />
Former president<br />
Menem’s tax incentives<br />
for foreign investors<br />
facilitated Puerto<br />
Madero’s reinvention<br />
in the 1990s. Still, it is<br />
his image of being<br />
ordered by the<br />
Congress to relinquish<br />
a Ferrari gifted by<br />
businessmen, that has<br />
come to symbolize his<br />
corrupt presidency.<br />
Former president Carlos Menem<br />
% Evita Perón (1919–52)<br />
María Eva Duarte, a Pampasborn<br />
actress and dancer, was<br />
one half of the Argentinian<br />
power couple of the century with<br />
General Juan Perón. Her adoring<br />
legions called her by the Spanish<br />
diminutive “Evita” and her<br />
mausoleum in the Recoleta (see<br />
p<strong>10</strong>) is never without a bouquet<br />
or a crowd.<br />
Juan Perón (1895–1974)<br />
^ Juan Domingo Perón was a<br />
pro-working class, populist<br />
president who promoted social<br />
welfare programs. Also a Nazi<br />
sympathizer, he actively aided<br />
former SS officers to immigrate<br />
to Argentina. Despite his mixed<br />
legacy, the political movement<br />
with his name is still powerful.<br />
Charly García (b. 1951)<br />
& Together with Luis Spinetta,<br />
Charly García gave rock ‘n roll a<br />
rioplatense accent. After his first<br />
band, Sui Generis, dissolved in<br />
1975, Garcia’s solo career<br />
launched him into rock en<br />
Porteños are people native to or inhabiting the port city of<br />
<strong>Buenos</strong> <strong>Aires</strong>.
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