Mujica, Uruguay
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The former Uruguayan president, who died on Tuesday, showed the value in world leaders living like their constituents.
The death of former Uruguayan president José 'Pepe' Mujica brought the curtain down on one of the great love stories of Latin America.
Video. 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.
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.
Former Uruguay president Jose 'Pepe' Mujica is in a "terminal" phase of cancer and receiving palliative care, his wife confirmed Monday.