(PERON has just won a sweeping victory in the 1946
Presidential Election. This is the first public appearance
by PERON and EVA since that triumph. Action takes
place both inside and outside on the balcony of the Casa
Rosada - the pink Presidential Palace in Buenos Aires.)

CHE
People of Argentina! Your newly elected President--
Juan Peron!

(The CROWD begins to chant "Peron! Peron!")



PERON
Argentinos! Argentinos! We are all workers now!
Fighting against our common enemies--
Poverty, social injustice, foreign domination of
our industries!
Reaching for our common goals--
Our independence, our dignity, our pride!
Let the world know that our great nation is awakening
and that its heart beats in the humble bodies of Juan
Peron--and his wife, the first lady of Argentina,
Eva Duarte de Peron!

(The CROWD by now are beginning to chant
"Evita! Evita!