May 14 (UPI) --The Uruguayan government has declared three days of national mourning in honor of the late former President Jose "Pepe" Mujica ... that I drive an old car? If that's surprising ...

Jose Mujica ... saying it was "more entertaining" than a car and was a place where "you have time to think." Critics questioned Mujica's tendency to break with protocol, while his blunt and ...

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a one-time Marxist guerrilla and flower farmer whose brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world ...

Uruguay’s former President Jose Mujica arrives in his famous Volkswagen Beetle car to cast his vote in Montevideo, Uruguay, on October 26, 2014 [File: Natacha Pisarenko/AP Photo] After he was ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay — Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, a onetime Marxist guerilla and flower farmer whose radical brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle ...

By Julie Ho José Mujica, a former president of Uruguay, guerrilla fighter and stalwart of leftist leadership in Latin America, died on Tuesday. He was 89. President Yamandú Orsi announced the ...

Uruguay’s former President José Mujica, a leftist icon known for his progressive social reforms, died on Tuesday at the age of 89. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of ...

Jose "Pepe" Mujica, Uruguay's former president, was celebrated for his humble lifestyle and progressive policies, including legalizing gay marriage and abortion. A former guerrilla, he donated ...

Jose “Pepe” Mujica, the former left-wing guerrilla who spent more than a decade in prison before becoming president of Uruguay and making it the first country in the world to legalize cannabis ...