Tag: Pepe Mujica

Monday, November 7th 2022 - 20:14 UTC
CFK too smart to run for President again, says Pepe Mujica

Former Uruguayan President Pepe Mujica said Argentine Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (CFK) is too smart to run for the Casa Rosada next year, according to an interview published by Montevideo's El Observador.
Friday, September 16th 2022 - 09:45 UTC
Lacalle Pou and Mujica found to be most popular politicians in Uruguay

Uruguay's President Luis Lacalle Pou (2020-2025) and ex-president José “Pepe” Mujica (2010-2015) top the list of most-liked politicians in the country, a survey by pollsters Equipos Consultores released Thursday showed.
Monday, October 18th 2021 - 10:05 UTC
Buenos Aires key to the region's future, says Pepe Mujica

Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica said this weekend in a newspaper interview that the future of the River Plate area was at stake and it hinged on whatever happens in the Argentine capital.
Friday, August 27th 2021 - 09:45 UTC
Former Uruguayan President Sanguinetti compares his country with Argentina during a celebration of Democracy

Former two-time Uruguayan President Julio María Sanguinetti Thursday claimed “Argentina infects us with adjectives,” as he appeared together with former heads of state Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera and José “Pepe” Mujica during a celebration of Democracy staged at Montevideo's Parliament building.
Monday, August 23rd 2021 - 09:10 UTC
Uruguay: Corruption allegations in failed pet project of former president Mujica

A major corruption scandal is unfolding in Uruguay with a pet project from former president Jose Mujica, which he tried to implement during his mandate, 2010/2015, but failed with accumulated losses of at least US$ 300 million.
Thursday, May 13th 2021 - 08:59 UTC
Pepe Mujica joins campaign against Uruguayan government law

Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica Wednesday launched an appeal to call for a referendum to revoke 135 articles of a government's Law of Urgent Consideration (LUC), which his opponents describe as retrograde.
Wednesday, April 28th 2021 - 09:55 UTC
Uruguay: Pepe Mujica recovering after surgery to remove fishbone from his throat

Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica was recovering well following an emergency procedure to remove a fishbone from his throat, according to medical sources.
Thursday, March 4th 2021 - 18:21 UTC
Uruguay: Pepe Mujica says the pandemic helped Lacalle Pou’s government

The former Uruguayan president José “Pepe” Mujica criticized the government of Luis Lacalle Pou and assured that the Covid-19 pandemic “helped” to improve his image. ”The pandemic is white (in reference to the color of the ruling party)“ and ”brought a big help“ to the government, said the former president in a radial interview on Wednesday. ”He has no responsibility, but he positioned himself well in the situation and knew how to take advantage of it”, he assured.
Saturday, November 16th 2019 - 09:41 UTC
Uruguay election runoff: “Game over, I'm the boss”, Mujica tells the incumbent candidate

Next 24 November Uruguayans will cast their runoff ballot to elect the next president, scheduled to take office in March 2020. The dispute is between the two winners of the first round on 27 October, the candidate from the ruling coalition that has enjoyed fifteen years in office, and the leader of the opposition who has managed to conform a working “multicolor” majority in the next Legislative, and is ahead in opinion polls tendencies.
Tuesday, July 30th 2019 - 09:53 UTC
Uruguay's Mujica blasts Malaysia as “a dictatorship where they kill 25 people every day”

Malaysia is a bloodthirsty dictatorship where they kill 25 people every day, according to Uruguay's ex president Jose Mujica. The Uruguayan leader speaking at a political rally put in the same bag, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, China as part of a poor defense of the regime of his good friend, the president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro.