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

Thousands took to the streets of Montevideo on Wednesday to pay their final respects to José Mujica, Uruguay’s former president, who died the day before. A one-time guerrilla fighter turned ...

“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 ...

Uruguay's presidency said. Chants of “Pepe, dear, the people are with you!” rose as the horse-drawn hearse passed through the streets on Wednesday. Uruguayans applauded from balconies ...

"Thank you, Pepe," some people shouted as the procession ... Silva said Mujica's "human greatness transcended the borders of Uruguay and his presidential mandate." Lula said he would travel ...

Supporters walk behind the casket of Uruguay's former President Jose Mujica during his funeral procession, in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.

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 ...

Uruguay, on November 16, 2024. File photo. AFP The death of former Uruguayan president Jose "Pepe" Mujica brought the curtain down on one of the great love stories of Latin America. Mujica ...

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 ...

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.