Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, ...

The funeral procession for the late former President Jose Mujica makes its way from the presidential palace to the National ...

The Uruguayan government has declared three days of national mourning in honor of the late former President Jose "Pepe" ...

Mourners wept, raised their arms and marched behind the flag-draped casket of former President José Mujica on Wednesday as ...

The former guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 earned his nickname because of his modest lifestyle.

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.

José Mujica was president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 and presided over a period of progressive governance that matched his want-for-nothing lifestyle. He forsook the presidential palace in favor of ...

He added that Mujica hopes to celebrate his 90th birthday on May 20. Mujica, who served as Uruguay’s president from 2010 to 2015, is a former guerrilla fighter turned politician who gained ...

Montevideo (AFP) – Uruguay's leftist ex-leader Jose "Pepe" Mujica, who became a cult figure partly due to his modest lifestyle, was in a "terminal" phase of cancer and receiving palliative care ...

Mujica also admitted that politicians having the good of their country at heart was a fairy tale. “In Uruguay, the one who lost goes to the opposition with a club in his hand”, and “this ...

After the end of the dictatorship, Orsi joined the Popular Participation Movement led by Mujica, the ex-guerrilla leader who became president in 2010. He promises a renewed left in Uruguay Orsi ...