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Latin America's leftist leaders remember Uruguay's 'Pepe' Mujica as generous, charismatic leader
In the soaring palace of Uruguay’s parliament, leftist presidents from the region came to remember former President José ...
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Pepe Mujica’s Long Revolution
For the Uruguayan leader, a longtime icon of the Latin American left, economic fairness was inseparable from human decency.
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Pepe Mujica, 1935–2025
The late Uruguayan president had an unmatched connection with popular sectors and the courage of his enduring convictions.
Buenos Aires Times4d
Pepe Mujica and Lucía Topolansky: Uruguay's legendary revolutionary power duo
The death of former Uruguayan president José 'Pepe' Mujica brought the curtain down on one of the great love stories of Latin ...
From a tin-roof shack, Pepe Mujica removed the pomp from politics
As president, he commuted from his home: a cluttered, three-room shack the size of a studio apartment, crammed with a wood ...
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Uruguay and Latin America pay final tribute to the life and legacy of Pepe Mujica
Montevideo, May 15 (RHC)--The Legislative Palace, where the remains of former Uruguayan President José "Pepe" Mujica were ...
Jose Mujica, Uruguay's former leader, rebel icon and cannabis reformer, dead at 89
Jose Mujica, the former president of Uruguay who enacted progressive reforms and was known to many around the country by his nickname "Pepe," has died at age 89.