US EditionJosé Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89
- José Mujica, former president of Uruguay and ex-Marxist guerilla known as Pepe, died in 2025 after battling esophageal cancer.
- He was diagnosed with esophageal cancer in spring 2024 and underwent radiation, which temporarily reduced the tumor before cancer returned in January 2025.
- Mujica, widely admired for legalizing marijuana and abortion rights, promoting alternative energy, and living simply, reentered politics in late 2024 to support his preferred successor.
- Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi shared the news of Mujica's passing on X, describing him as a "president, activist, guide and leader."
- Mujica’s decision to stop further treatment related to his autoimmune and other health issues, ending the life of the leader who transformed Uruguay into a liberal democracy.
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Former Uruguayan president and left-wing icon José Mujica (89) has died
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica has died at the age of 89. He had been suffering from esophageal cancer. The former president recently said in an interview that the cancer had spread and that he no longer wanted to be treated. Mujica was in power in Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. He was considered the "poorest president in the world". Even when he was head of state, he lived in a simple farmhouse near the capital Montevideo and drove an old V…
Jose Mujica: The People's President and Progressive Pioneer of Uruguay Passes Away at 89
Jose Mujica: The People's President and Progressive Pioneer of Uruguay Passes Away at 89 Jose Mujica, the former president of Uruguay, has died at the age of 89. Renowned for his simple lifestyle and transformative policies, Mujica's presidency left a lasting legacy both in Uruguay and internationally.Mujica, affectionately known as 'Pepe' among Uruguayans, led a leftist government between 2010 and 2015, advocating for and implementing significa…
Pepe Mujica Died: The Rocker Side of the President Who Legalized Marijuana in Uruguay · Global Voices
“Even forever, mate!” says the caption of the photo that the members of Ska P, the iconic Spanish punk group that since the mid-1990s has kept alive the flame of rejection of the capitalist system, fascism and imperialism, as well as other emblematic institutions of Western society. The image shows the members of the Spanish group with José Pepe Mujica, the Pepe. Former member of the National Liberation Movement-Tupamaros in the 1960s, political…
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