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Washington Post
15-05-2025
- Politics
- Washington Post
Latin America's leftist leaders remember Uruguay's 'Pepe' Mujica as generous, charismatic leader
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — In the soaring palace of Uruguay's parliament, leftist presidents from the region came to remember former President Jose 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 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 in Montevideo where his body lay in state, eulogizing the onetime Marxist guerrilla who spent over a decade in prison in the 1970s as a 'superior human being.'
Wall Street Journal
13-05-2025
- Politics
- Wall Street Journal
José Mujica, Marxist Guerrilla Who Became Popular President of Uruguay, Dies at 89
José 'Pepe' Mujica, a Marxist guerrilla who became president of the Uruguayan state he had tried to overthrow before transforming into a global phenom for his plain-spoken adages and no-frills lifestyle, has died at his tin-roofed farmhouse outside the country's capital, Montevideo. He was 89 years old. Uruguay's president, Yamandú Orsi, announced Mujica's death in a post on X Tuesday. The cause of his death was esophageal cancer and its related complications, which Mujica had candidly shared with Uruguayans in interviews in recent months.
CBS News
13-05-2025
- Politics
- CBS News
José Mujica, Uruguay's humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89
Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a one-time Marxist guerrilla and flower farmer whose brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has died. He was 89. His death was announced by Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi. In a post on social media platform X, Orsi called Mujica a "president, activist, guide and leader."Mujica had been under treatment for cancer of the esophagus since spring 2024, when the affliction was diagnosed. Even as the treatment left him weak and hardly able to eat, Mujica reappeared on the political stage in fall of 2024, campaigning for his left-wing coalition in national elections that vaulted his preferred candidate and protégé, Orsi, to the presidency. Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica reacts after receiving a tribute during the 54th anniversary of the Frente Amplio political coalition in Montevideo on March 26, 2025. SOFIA TORRES/AFP via Getty Images In September of 2024, his doctor reported that radiation had succeeded in eliminating much of the tumor. But in January of 2025, Mujica's doctor announced that the cancer in his esophagus had returned and spread to his liver. His autoimmune disease and other underlying medical problems led Mujica to decide not to pursue further treatment. "Honestly, I'm dying," Mujica told weekly magazine Busqueda in what he said would be his final interview. "A warrior has the right to rest." During his 2010-2015 presidency, Mujica, widely known as "Pepe," oversaw the transformation of his small South American nation into one of the world's most socially liberal democracies. He earned admiration at home and cult status abroad for legalizing marijuana and same-sex marriage, enacting the region's first sweeping abortion rights law and establishing Uruguay as a leader in alternative energy.
BreakingNews.ie
13-05-2025
- Politics
- BreakingNews.ie
Former Uruguayan president Jose Mujica dies at 89
Former Uruguayan president Jose Mujica has died at the age of 89. He was a one-time Marxist guerrilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world. Advertisement His death was announced by Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi, who called Mr Mujica a 'president, activist, guide and leader'. Mr Mujica had been under treatment for cancer of the oesophagus since spring 2024, when the affliction was diagnosed. Even as the treatment left him weak and hardly able to eat, Mr Mujica reappeared on the political stage in the autumn, campaigning for his left-wing coalition in national elections that vaulted his preferred candidate and protege Mr Orsi to the presidency. In September, Mr Mujica's doctor reported that radiation had eliminated much of the tumour, but in January the doctor announced that the cancer in his oesophagus had returned and spread to his liver. Advertisement His autoimmune disease and other underlying medical problems led Mr Mujica to decide not to pursue further treatment. 'Honestly, I'm dying,' he told weekly magazine Busqueda in what he said would be his final interview. 'A warrior has the right to rest.' During his 2010-15 presidency, Mr Mujica, widely known as Pepe, oversaw the transformation of his small South American nation into one of the world's most socially liberal democracies. He earned admiration at home and cult status abroad for legalising marijuana and same-sex marriage, enacting the region's first sweeping abortion rights law and establishing Uruguay as a leader in alternative energy. Advertisement
