José "Pepe" Mujica, former president of Uruguay, dies at 89

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica (2010–2015) Passed This Week at 89

Latin American politics have long fascinated and unsettled the world. From afar, the region looks like a vast political laboratory where everything is tried before it’s exported: revolutions, liberalizations, debt traps, military coups and grassroots awakenings. It’s where ideology stretches to extremes and sometimes loops back on itself. Even the humblest figures, if they make it to the top, are watched with the intensity usually reserved for p…

World's Poorest President From Uruguay Dies At The Age of 89

Can you rule a country from a farmhouse, drive a rusty old Volkswagen, and still be remembered as a giant on the world stage? If you’re José “Pepe” Mujica, the answer is a resounding yes.The former Uruguayan president passed away at 89, leaving behind a legacy that reads more like a novel than a political résumé. Guerrilla fighter. Prisoner. President. Philosopher.Diagnosed with cancer last year, Mujica faced death like he faced life—with calm, …

OBITUARY | Jose Mujica, Uruguay's former leader, rebel icon and cannabis reformer dead at 89

Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America, died aged 89.

José »Pepe« Mujica is dead. He has given a lot to the world. His ease and his commitment to more justice will be lacking.

Pepe Mujica: My Generation Made a Naive Error

The late Uruguayan statesman José “Pepe” Mujica argues that capitalism is not just property relations but a set of cultural values that the Left must confront with a culture of solidarity.

Uruguay bids farewell to popular ex-leader "Pepe" Mujica

Thousands of Uruguayans lined the streets of Montevideo Wednesday to bid farewell to deceased former leader Jose "Pepe" Mujica, famed for his humility and once known as the "world's poorest president."