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

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 ...

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, ...

He oversaw an economic boom, a reduction in poverty, and the legalization of abortion, same-sex marriage and marijuana.

Crowds have poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became an icon of the Latin ...

Mujica’s passing marks the end of an era in Uruguayan politics, but for many, his legacy of humility, compassion, and service ...

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

José Mujica, ex-president of Uruguay and known as the world's 'poorest president', has breathed his last at the age of 89. Known as "Pepe", Mujica ran Uruguay's government from 2010 to 2015 and was ...

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 ...

"In his lifetime Uruguay became a model democracy in Latin America and the world, thanks in part to Mujica’s leadership," said AS/COA's Brian Winter to FT.

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, his wife said. The ...