Leftist ex-president Jose Mujica turned the South American country into a bastion of progressive politics. He was diagnosed with cancer in 2024.

Uruguay's former president Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a guerrilla fighter and hero of the Latin American left, has died at the age of 89, the government in Montevideo said Tuesday.

Tributes flooded in from Latin America on Tuesday after Uruguay's ex-president Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a leftist icon known for his humility and progressive policies, died at 89. The former guerrilla, who…

Uruguay’s former president Jose “Pepe” Mujica, an ex-guerrilla fighter and hero of the Latin American left, has died at the age of 89.

Tributes poured in from across Latin America on Tuesday following the death of Uruguay's former president Jose "Pepe" Mujica, an ex-guerrilla fighter revered by the left for his humility and progressive politics. Leftist leaders from across Latin America and Europe paid tribute to the man described by Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum as an "example for Latin America and the entire world."

Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a guerrilla fighter who became Uruguay's president, has died. He became known as the "World's Poorest President" for his humble lifestyle.

Uruguay's leftist ex-president Jose Mujica has died, the government announced Tuesday. Mujica, who became a cult figure partly due to his modest lifestyle, was in a "terminal" phase of cancer and receiving…

Jose Mujica, former President of Uruguay, known for his progressive reforms and humble lifestyle, dies at 89.

Serving from 2010 to 2015, he refused to accept a presidential salary or live on a presidential estate as he sought to improve the lives of ordinary citizens.

Tributes poured in from across Latin America on Tuesday following the death of Uruguay’s former president Jose “Pepe” Mujica.

May 13 (UPI) -- José "Pepe" Mujica, former president of Uruguay and a symbol of the Latin American left, died Tuesday at the age of 89 in Montevideo after a battle with esophageal cancer.

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, has died.

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. The straight-talking Mujica, known to many Uruguayans by his nickname "Pepe," led the small farming country's leftist government…