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, ...

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's ...

Under Jose Mujica's presidency in 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalise marijuana sales ...

Jose Mujica, the former president of Uruguay who enacted progressive reforms and was known to many around the country by his ...

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

By Julie Ho José Mujica, a former president of Uruguay, guerrilla fighter and stalwart of leftist leadership in Latin America, died on Tuesday. He was 89. President Yamandú Orsi announced the ...

The Latin American country's 40th leader — known as "Pepe" — became internationally renowned because of his humble lifestyle.View on euronews ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

In a May 2024 interview with Reuters in the tin-roofed house ... president from 2017-2020. After leaving office, they remained politically active, regularly attending inaugurations of Latin American ...

After the end of his presidency in 2015, Mujica mediated in the peace negotiations between the Colombian government and that country's FARC guerrillas in Cuba the following year. He continued to ...

A deeper look at the life of one of the most emblematic Latin American presidents of recent years, who went from armed struggle to a prison that lasted more than a decade, to the country’s presidency.