Thousands of people mourning the death of their former leader, affectionately known as “Pepe,” joined the procession as Mujica’s flag-covered coffin, borne on a gun carriage, made its way through down...

Jose “Pepe” Mujica, a former leftist rebel who became Uruguay’s president from 2010 to 2015, has died at the age of 89.

He insisted it was truly how he wanted to live, but he also recognized that it served to illustrate that politicians had long had it too good.