The radio was an incredibly important tool for politicians. It made it possible for people in remote areas to receive information and for politicians to influence the citizens. There was also more of a social aspect to the radio, as opposed to newspapers. Reading a newspapers is a very solitary activity, whereas many people could gather around a radio in order to hear news.

Eva Peron’s story was very intriguing to me. I could really see why the people felt so connected to her. She worked her way up to the upperclass despite the majority of the people in that class having a deep disdain for her. She made the working class feel as though their issues were heard and understood. Her final speech was a very strong and tense moment. The clip that we watched in class of the crowd growing increasingly agitated as she avoided agreeing to run for the vice-presidency gave another dimension to her final speech. The people were so intent on her running that they chanted and threatened a strike. In class, we discussed whether her denial to run seemed genuine, whether she was playing the crowd. I personally did not take away the notion that she was manipulating the crowd. What I saw was a woman who became overwhelmed by a pressing crowd demanding from her what she would be unable to deliver on even if she wanted to. Her health was declining rapidly and she died the next year. I wonder, however, how these events would have played out had she been in better health. Would she have run for vice-president? If she had, and been elected, would the people have continued to love her in much the same way?