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

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 ...

MONTEVIDEO-Tributes poured in from across Latin America on May 13 following the death of Uruguay’s former president Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former guerilla fighter revered by the left for his ...

“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 ...

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.

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 on Wednesday began bidding farewell to its former leader Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former leftist guerrilla fighter who won global fame for his humility as the so-called "world's poorest ...

Mujica’s passing marks the end of an era in Uruguayan politics, but for many, his legacy of humility, compassion, and service ...

Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later President of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW ... known to many Uruguayans by his nickname "Pepe," led the small farming country's leftist government ...

May 14 (UPI) --The Uruguayan government has declared three days of national mourning in honor of the late former President Jose "Pepe ... 1985, Uruguay's military dictatorship held Mujica and ...

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 ...