A lavish reburial ceremony for Argentine strongman Juan Domingo Peron degenerated into violence, as rival factions hurled rocks and riot police dispersed them with rubber bullets and tear gas.

Thousands of jostling, weeping admirers of Juan Domingo Peron tossed carnations and cheered the late political strongman today as his coffin was moved through clogged streets of Buenos Aires for reburial at a new mausoleum south-west of the Argentine capital.

London theatre bosses are touting Madonna to reprise her film role of Argentina's first lady Eva Peron in a new production of Evita.