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, former president of Uruguay, died at 89 after battling cancer. He became the first head of state in the world to legalize all forms of cannabis in 2013. Mujica’s policy ...

May 13 (UPI) --José "Pepe" Mujica, former president of Uruguay and a symbol of the Latin American left, died Tuesday at the age of 89 in Montevideo after a battle with esophageal cancer.

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 ...

Mujica had been battling esophageal cancer since 2024 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.

The cortege made its way to loud applause from the presidential headquarters to the legislative palace, where Mujica will lie in state. "Thank you, Pepe ... the borders of Uruguay and his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pepe Mujica's death was confirmed by Uruguayan President ... in 1972 and spent the next 13 years in prison, most of it during Uruguay’s military dictatorship (1973–1985).