José Mujica, the former Uruguayan president known for his humble lifestyle and progressive reforms, has died at the age of 89. His presidency from 2010 to 2015 saw Uruguay become a pioneer in ...

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

Jose Mujica, the former president of Uruguay who enacted progressive reforms and was known to many around the country by his nickname "Pepe," has died at age 89.

Mujica announced he had esophageal cancer in April 2024. He lived in the rural outskirts of Montevideo, the capital. “President, comrade, mentor, leader. We’ll miss you,” Mr. Orsi wrote.

Uruguay’s former President José Mujica, a leftist icon known for his progressive social reforms, died on Tuesday at the age of 89. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of ...

José Mujica, a member of a Marxist rebel group that terrorized Uruguay in the 1960s and 1970s who later became a mainstream politician and one of his country’s most venerated presidents, died ...

Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica, often called the "world's poorest president" for his humble lifestyle, died at 89. The leftist icon, known for his humility and progressive politics, died ...

Mujica's greatest innovations came on social issues. During his term, Uruguay became the first country in South America to legalize abortion for the first trimester and the first in the world to ...

José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89 The onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer had a radical brand of democracy that fascinated ...

From a Tin-Roof Shack, Pepe Mujica Removed the Pomp From Politics . The former Uruguayan president, who died on Tuesday, showed the value in world leaders living like their constituents.

José Mujica mastered many things, but the greatest of them all was the word. Reflective and philosophical, strategic and political, biting and controversial; with an ironic and playful tone or as ...

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, has died aged 89.