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Pepe Mujica died last week. Today, he would have turned 90. People across Uruguay are still celebrating his life. This is episode 36 of Stories of Resistance.
Mujica spent over a decade in prison for resisting the state he would one day lead. His death this week has brought much soul ...
Uruguay's first post-dictatorship president reflects on his relationship with his political rival and how they went from ...
The late Uruguayan president had an unmatched connection with popular sectors and the courage of his enduring convictions.
José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for... Uruguay's ex-President José Mujica, nicknamed ...
Thousands joined Mujica's funeral march in Montevideo, Uruguay, May 14 [Photo by Efeland / CC BY 4.0] Thousands turned out for José “Pepe” Mujica’s funeral on May 14, filling Montevideo’s ...
acknowledging Mujica's dedication to poverty prevention and significant contributions to Uruguay's development during his presidency.
Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hailed Uruguay's former president Jose "Pepe" Mujica as "a superior human being" Thursday as politicians joined citizens at a memorial for the famously humble ex ...
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica is in the terminal phase of esophageal cancer and is receiving palliative care to ease his pain, his wife and former Vice President Lucía Topolansky confirmed.
Jose Mujica, who has died aged 89, was a Marxist terrorist who reinvented himself to become a popular liberalising president ...