Latin America pays tribute to Uruguay's Mujica, world's 'poorest president'

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."

José “Pepe” Mujica did not find much use to the three-story Uruguayan presidential residence, with his chandeliers, his elevator, his marble staircase and his furniture Louis XV. “It’s a mess,” he told me last year. “It would be good to make a lyceum.” So when he became president of his small South American nation in 2010, Mujica decided that he would move to work from his home: a messy three-bedroom cabin the size of a studio, packed with a woo…

Montevideo. Latin American leaders sent a farewell message yesterday to José Mujica, former Executive of Uruguay (2020-2015). Spanish government president Pedro Sánchez and French leftist leader Jean-Luc Mélenchon also expressed their feelings.

The former warrior and symbol of the Latin American left had cancer. His charisma and his ability to be an oracle of austerity and simplicity fascinated the world.

Latin America pays tribute to Uruguay's Mujica, world's 'poorest president'

Tributes flooded in from Latin America on Tuesday after Uruguay's ex-president Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a leftist icon known for his humility and progressive policies, died at 89. The former guerrilla, who spent 12 years jailed for revolutionary activities, succumbed to cancer after halting treatment in January.