The former guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 earned his nickname because of his modest lifestyle.

Uruguay’s former President José Mujica, a leftist icon known for his progressive social reforms, died on Tuesday at the age ...

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

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 ...

He oversaw an economic boom, a reduction in poverty and the legalization of abortion, same-sex marriage and marijuana.

The Uruguayan government has declared three days of national mourning in honor of the late former President Jose "Pepe" ...

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Mourners wept, raised their arms and marched behind the flag-draped casket of former President ...

The funeral procession for the late former President Jose Mujica makes its way from the presidential palace to the National ...

Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive ...

Mujica, a former Marxist guerrilla known by the nickname ‘Pepe’, became a beloved figure for his simple lifestyle.

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 ...