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Crowds have poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became an icon of the Latin ...
Mujica spent over a decade in prison for resisting the state he would one day lead. His death this week has brought much soul-searching to his fellow countrymen and the Latin American left ...
Thousands of Uruguayans flooded the streets of Montevideo on Wednesday to pay tribute to former President José Mujica, the humble ex-guerrilla turned statesman who captured hearts across Latin America ...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Mourners wept, raised their arms and marched behind the flag-draped casket of former President José Mujica on Wednesday as thousands bid a poignant farewell to the ...
has died MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle ...
Uruguay's first post-dictatorship president reflects on his relationship with his political rival and how they went from ...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Crowds poured into the streets ... affectionately known as “Pepe,” joined the procession as Mujica's flag-furled coffin, borne on a gun carriage, made its way ...
Uruguay mourned Jose Mujica's death. Thousands joined the procession in Montevideo. Mujica's coffin was carried to parliament. President Yamandu Orsi ...