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

Chants of “Pepe, dear, the people are with you!” rose as the cortege passed. Uruguayans lined the sidewalks along the route and applauded from balconies. Uruguay's president, Yamandú Orsi ...

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 ...

“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 ...

As Uruguay’s president from 2010 to 2015 he continued ... Foreign dignitaries or journalists who sought an audience with “El Pepe” usually had to trek to his scrabbly farm with its three ...

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 left-wing president ... During his 2010-2015 presidency, Mujica, widely known as “Pepe,” oversaw the transformation of his small South American nation into one of the world ...

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 ...