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 symbol of the Latin American left, died Tuesday at the age of 89 in ...

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 ...

“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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Thousands took to the streets of Montevideo on Wednesday to pay their final respects to José Mujica, Uruguay’s former president, who died the day before. A one-time guerrilla fighter turned ...

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

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 ...

That's what Pepe Mujica believed in, fought for, and lived for. Politics makes sense when it is lived like this, from the heart. My deepest affection to his family and to Uruguay." Known as Pepe ...