Uruguayan President Yamandu Orsi, left, stands with Lucia Topolansky, widow of the late, former President Jose Mujica, next to his casket at the presidential palace in Montevideo, Uruguay, Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
Former Uruguayan President José "Pepe" Mujica. (Photo: Chiara FRRR, Via Wikimedia Commons) By Palestine Chronicle Staff “Mujica was a living conscience for the oppressed, a sincere voice for truth in an age of silence, and a rare example of …
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Mourners wept, raised their arms and marched behind the flag-draped casket of former President José Mujica on Wednesday as thousands bid a poignant farewell to the iconic leader in the Uruguayan capital. Mujica, a guerrilla- …
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Mourners wept, raised their arms and marched behind the flag-draped casket of former President José Mujica on Wednesday as thousands bid a poignant farewell to the iconic leader in the Uruguayan capital. Mujica, a guerrilla- …
The Uruguayan government has declared three days of national mourning in honor of the late former President Jose “Pepe” Mujica. Photo by Raul Martinez/EPA-EFE May 14 (UPI) -- The Uruguayan government has declared three days of national mourning in …
Montevideo (Uruguay), May 14 (AP) Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay's capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former President Jose Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became an icon of the Latin American left, …
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became an icon of the Latin American left, remembered …
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 89-year-old, who spent a …
Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. “I am more than completely cured of simplifications, of dividing the world into good and evil, of thinking in black and white,” Mr. Mujica said …
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