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The widow of José Mujica remembers him during a conversation with EL PAÍS in the country house where they shared a life ...
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.
Pepe Mujica led Uruguay from 2010 to 2015, with the leftist coalition Frente Amplio. His was one of the most progressive governments in the country’s history.
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. “He leaves as he lived, as a man of the people ...
José “Pepe” Mujica’ is the one-time guerrilla fighter turned head of state. He is the former revolutionary ideologue who was shot six times by police in the 1970s, tortured, imprisoned for ...
Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica has taken aim at prominent Latin American leaders, criticizing a lack of generational renewal in politics and authoritarian trends in the region.
“A person like Pepe Mujica doesn’t die,” Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said as he paid his respects to his longtime friend, widely known as Pepe, at the Legislative Palace ...
Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica, who was in Buenos Aires during the weekend to join Alberto Fernández for the ceremonies marking the 40th anniversary of the 1982 armed conflict ...
Pepe Mujica criticizes Venezuelan Government's authoritarianism: “You can call him a dictatorship” Saturday, February 17th 2024 - 16:13 UTC Full article 1 comment ...
Latin America’s leftist leaders remember Uruguay’s ‘Pepe’ Mujica as generous, charismatic leader by: NAYARA BATSCHKE, Associated Press. Posted: May 15, 2025 / 11:07 PM EDT.
Latin America's leftist leaders remember Uruguay's 'Pepe' Mujica as generous, charismatic leader. In the soaring palace of Uruguay’s parliament, left-wing presidents from the region have come to ...
Latin America’s leftist leaders remember Uruguay’s ‘Pepe’ Mujica as generous, charismatic leader by: NAYARA BATSCHKE, Associated Press. Posted: May 15, 2025 / 10:07 PM CDT.