Descamisado

The term descamisados ​​( "Shirt Lose" ) refers to the people of the Argentine population / working class, who were so poor that they even " was taken last shirt ".

Especially Eva Perón, wife of Argentine President Juan Domingo Perón, coined this term, and sat down for a particularly descamisados ​​. After Perón was arrested in 1945 by the military, they mobilized the descamisados ​​uprisings, demanding his release. A few days after his arrest, he was released. " Within a few years close 5 million descamisados ​​his trade union movement ." Mrs. Perón called " himself the first shirt lots of the country".