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.
