In the soaring palace of Uruguay’s parliament, left-wing presidents from the region have come to remember former President ...

José "Pepe" Mujica, former president of Uruguay and a symbolof the Latin American left, died Tuesday at the age of 89 in Montevideo after a battle withesophageal cancer."With deep sorrow, we an ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Crowds poured into the ... affectionately known as “Pepe,” joined the procession as Mujica's flag-covered coffin, borne on a gun carriage, made its way through downtown ...

Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former leftist rebel who became Uruguay’s president from 2010 to 2015, has died at the age of 89. Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi announced his death in a social media ...

“It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our comrade Pepe Mujica,” Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi announced on X. “President, activist, leader and guide. We will miss ...

His presidency from 2010 to 2015 saw Uruguay become a pioneer in Latin America for civil liberties. Mujica, affectionately called "Pepe" by many Uruguayans, was a former guerrilla fighter whose ...

Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later President of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW ... known to many Uruguayans by his nickname "Pepe," led the small farming country's leftist government ...

Uruguay on Wednesday began bidding farewell to its former leader Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former leftist guerrilla fighter who won global fame for his humility as the so-called "world's poorest ...

May 13 (UPI) --José "Pepe" Mujica, former president of Uruguay and a symbol of the Latin American left, died Tuesday at the age of 89 in Montevideo after a battle with esophageal cancer.

MONTEVIDEO-Tributes poured in from across Latin America on May 13 following the death of Uruguay’s former president Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former guerilla fighter revered by the left for his ...