Mujica had been battling esophageal cancer since 2024 José Alberto “Pepe” Mujica, former President of Uruguay and a global symbol of humility and social justice, has passed away at the age of 89.

Mujica announced he had esophageal cancer in April 2024. He lived in the rural outskirts of Montevideo, the capital. “President, comrade, mentor, leader. We’ll miss you,” Mr. Orsi wrote.

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.

José Mujica, the former Uruguayan president known for his humble lifestyle and progressive reforms, has died at the age of 89. His presidency from 2010 to 2015 saw Uruguay become a pioneer in ...

Uruguay’s former President José Mujica, a leftist icon known for his progressive social reforms, died on Tuesday at the age of 89. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of ...

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

José Mujica, a member of a Marxist rebel group that terrorized Uruguay in the 1960s and 1970s who later became a mainstream politician and one of his country’s most venerated presidents, died ...

José Mujica, Uruguay’s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89 The onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer had a radical brand of democracy that fascinated ...

In April 2024, Mujica disclosed his cancer diagnosis. By early 2025, the illness had advanced, and he told a local news outlet, Busqueda, "I'm doomed, brother. This is as far as I go." ...

José Mujica mastered many things, but the greatest of them all was the word. Reflective and philosophical, strategic and political, biting and controversial; with an ironic and playful tone or as ...

José Mujica, the charismatic former guerrilla fighter who later went on to lead Uruguay and became known as "the world's poorest president" for his austere lifestyle, has died at 89.

Jose Mujica, Uruguay's Former Leader, Rebel Icon and Cannabis Reformer, Dead at 89 By Lucinda Elliott and Helen Popper MONTEVIDEO (Reuters) - Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president ...