Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, ...

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

Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America, has died aged 89.

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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Former Uruguayan President José Mujica ... cancer and enter hospice care at his three-room ranch house on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay's capital.

Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW ... In a May 2024 interview with Reuters in the tin-roofed house that Mujica shared with his wife, former ...

Mujica, Uruguay's president from 2010 to 2015 ... His fellow Tupamaros inmates built a 130-foot-long tunnel to a house across the street from the prison, which allowed Mujica and 105 other ...

Uruguay's left-wing president, Yamandú Orsi ... for esophageal cancer and enter hospice care at his three-room ranch house on the outskirts of Montevideo, Uruguay's capital.

Mujica, Uruguay’s president from 2010 to 2015 ... His fellow Tupamaros inmates built a 130-foot-long tunnel to a house across the street from the prison, which allowed Mujica and 105 other ...