The former Uruguayan president, who died on Tuesday, showed the value in world leaders living like their constituents.

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

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

Pepe Mujica died last week. Today, he would have turned 90. People across Uruguay are still celebrating his life. This is episode 36 of Stories of Resistance.

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

Mujica, affectionately called "Pepe" by many Uruguayans, was a former guerrilla fighter whose radical past initially raised concerns. However, he convinced voters that this chapter was closed ...

Thousands of Uruguayans lined the streets of Montevideo Wednesday to bid farewell to deceased former leader Jose "Pepe" Mujica, famed for his humility and once known as the "world's poorest president.

Thousands of people mourning the death of their former leader, affectionately known as “Pepe,” joined the procession as Mujica's flag-furled coffin, borne on a gun carriage, made its way ...

Former guerrilla, who spent a dozen years behind bars, lost his battle against cancer Former President Pepe Mujica was diagnosed with cancer of the esophagus in May last year, and it spread to his ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — In the soaring palace of Uruguay’s parliament, leftist presidents from the region came to remember former President José Mujica on Thursday as a generous and ...

The straight-talking Mujica, known to many Uruguayans by his nickname "Pepe," led the small farming country's leftist government from 2010 to 2015 after convincing voters his radical past was a ...