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Mourners wept, raised their arms and marched behind the flag-draped casket of former President José Mujica on Wednesday as ...
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, ...
Uruguay’s former President José Mujica, a leftist icon known for his progressive social reforms, died on Tuesday at the age ...
Mujica, a former Marxist guerrilla known by the nickname ‘Pepe’, became a beloved figure for his simple lifestyle.
The former guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 earned his nickname because of his modest lifestyle.
The Uruguayan government has declared three days of national mourning in honor of the late former President Jose "Pepe" ...
He oversaw an economic boom, a reduction in poverty, and the legalization of abortion, same-sex marriage and marijuana.
Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive ...
Mujica had been battling esophageal cancer since 2024 José Alberto “Pepe” Mujica, former President of Uruguay and a global symbol of humility and social justice, has passed away at the age of 89.
Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former President Jose Mujica, ...
Jose “Pepe” Mujica, the former left-wing guerrilla who spent more than a decade in prison before becoming president of ...