Yet he created tremendous change and left an indelible mark on the tiny country of Uruguay and the entire region of Latin America. When Pepe Mujica passed, tens of thousands of supporters arrived ...

José “Pepe” Mujica did not have much use for Uruguay’s three-story presidential residence, with its chandeliers, elevator, marble staircase and Louis XV furniture. “It’s crap,” he ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay ... José Mujica on Thursday as a generous and charismatic leader whose legacy of humility remained an example for the world’s politicians. “A person like Pepe Mujica ...

José Mujica—the former guerrilla fighter, political prisoner, philosopher, and Uruguayan President, known affectionately throughout Latin America as Pepe ... and later as Uruguay’s ultimate ...