José Mujica, a member of a Marxist rebel group that terrorized Uruguay in the 1960s and 1970s and who later became a mainstream politician and one of his country’s most venerated presidents, died May 13 at his home in Rincón de Cerro,

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as "Pepe", has died at the age of 89.The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world's "poorest president" because of his modest lifestyle.

Uruguay’s former President José Mujica, a leftist icon known for his progressive social reforms, died on Tuesday at the age of 89.