Hands of Perón Hands of Perón The cutting of the Hands of Perón refers to a 1987 incident where the tomb of Juan Perón, former President of Argentina, was broken into and his hands dismembered and removed by persons unknown. Perón died in July 1974. His casket remained in the "Quinta de Olivos" presidential residence until the March 1976 coup. The coffin was then placed in the Perón family tomb in Chacarita Cemetery, located in the Chacarita ward of the city of Buenos Aires. In July 1987, 13 years after his death, the Peronist Justicialist Party received an anonymous letter claiming Perón's hands
Manos: The Hands of Fate Theatre Company, was launched in Chicago in October 2007. The third, a puppet musical titled "Manos – The Hands of Felt", was performed by Puppet This in Seattle in April 2011. After raising funds with a Kickstarter campaign in May 2013, "Manos – The Hands of Felt" was performed again in Seattle by Vox Fabuli Puppets in August 2013 and filmed for DVD release. The fourth, by Capital I Productions, took place in Portland, Oregon in April 2013. In March 2008, the "How I Met Your Mother" episode "Ten Sessions" featured main character Ted Mosby arguing that "Manos" is the