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.

José Mujica, Uruguay's humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89 TO HOLD - Uruguay's former President Jose Mujica arrives to cast his vote in Montevideo, Uruguay ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle… ...

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 ...

Mujica’s government also powered a green energy revolution that transformed Uruguay into one of the world’s most environmentally friendly nations. Today the country generates 98% of its ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle ...

FILE – Uruguay’s President Jose Mujica poses for a photo with his dog, Manuela, at his home on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay, May 2, 2014. (AP Photo/Matilde Campodonico, File) ...

Uruguay’s left-wing president, Yamandú Orsi, announced his death, which came four months after Mujica decided to forgo further medical treatment for esophageal cancer and enter hospice care at ...