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 identified as above due to his simple lifestyle, reports BBC.

Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica. Mujica, who died Tuesday, was a former guerrilla who became a pioneering leader and icon of the Latin American left,