Uruguay on Wednesday began bidding farewell to its former leader Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former leftist guerrilla fighter who won global fame for his humility as the so-called "world's poorest president ...

The late Uruguayan president had an unmatched connection with popular sectors and the courage of his enduring convictions.

Brazil's Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva hailed Uruguay's former president Jose "Pepe" Mujica as "a superior human being" Thursday as politicians joined citizens at a memorial for the famously humble ...

For the Uruguayan leader, a longtime icon of the Latin American left, economic fairness was inseparable from human decency.

Montevideo, May 15 (RHC)--The Legislative Palace, where the remains of former Uruguayan President José "Pepe" Mujica were ...

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, ...

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

In the soaring palace of Uruguay’s parliament, left-wing presidents from the region have come to remember former President ...

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 ...

A deeper look at the life of one of the most emblematic Latin American presidents of recent years, who went from armed ...

Video. Thousands took to the streets of Montevideo on Wednesday to pay their final respects to José Mujica, Uruguay’s former president, who died the day before.

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