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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 ...
José “Pepe” Mujica, the former president of Uruguay, at his modest home on the outskirts of Montevideo last year.Credit...Dado Galdieri for The New York Times Supported by By Jack Nicas Jack ...
José Alberto “Pepe” Mujica, former President of Uruguay and a global symbol of humility and social justice, has passed away at the age of 89. “He leaves as he lived, as a man of the people ...
“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 ...
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 ...
Uruguay's former president, Jose 'Pepe' Mujica, who died aged 89 after a year-long battle with cancer, was taken to the legislative palace to lie in state - Copyright ...
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 (AP) — In the soaring palace of ... an example for the world’s politicians. “A person like Pepe Mujica doesn’t die,” Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva ...
Uruguay, on November 16, 2024. File photo. AFP The death of former Uruguayan president Jose "Pepe" Mujica brought the curtain down on one of the great love stories of Latin America. Mujica ...
Uruguay's presidency said. Chants of “Pepe, dear, the people are with you!” rose as the horse-drawn hearse passed through the streets on Wednesday. Uruguayans applauded from balconies ...
"Thank you, Pepe," some people shouted as the procession passed them ... Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Mujica's "human greatness transcended the borders of Uruguay and his ...