Tag: Pepe Mujica

• Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 19:18 UTC

  José “Pepe” Mujica, Uruguay’s iconic former President, dies at 89

  

  José Alberto “Pepe” Mujica, former President of Uruguay and a global symbol of humility and social justice, has passed away at the age of 89. “He leaves as he lived, as a man of the people, a voice for the humble, a fighter for justice. Farewell, Pepe. Thank you for so much,” President Yamandú Orsi wrote on social media, announcing the death of one of Latin America’s most iconic leaders.

• Tuesday, May 13th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Uruguay: Former President Mujica critically ill

  

  Former Uruguayan President José Mujica is in the terminal phase of esophageal cancer and is receiving palliative care to ease his pain, his wife and former Vice President Lucía Topolansky confirmed. In April 2024, the former guerrilla fighter went public about the tumor for which he received 31 radiotherapy sessions.

• Thursday, May 8th 2025 - 10:23 UTC

  Orsi disagrees with Pepe Mujica on PIT-CNT's role during previous gov't

  

  Uruguayan President Yamandú Orsi disagreed with former President José Pepe Mujica’s remarks about the PIT-CNT union during a May 1st event, noting he discussed “more important things” with his former mentor. He also reckoned on taking note of the labor grouping's approach, particularly regarding upcoming wage council negotiations.

• Friday, March 28th 2025 - 10:21 UTC

  Current and former Uruguayan presidents celebrate democracy

  

  José 'Pepe' Mujica underlined Thursday the importance of a country having the freedom to disagree. He made those remarks alongside former fellow Uruguayan Presidents Julio María Sanguinetti and Luis Alberto Lacalle Herrera, together with the incumbent Yamandú Orsi, during a Colorado Party ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the South American country's return to democratic rule. Luis Lacalle Pou, who completed his term last month, made a video appearance while relatives of the late former Presidents Jorge Batlle and Tabaré Vázquez were presented with a distinction.

• Saturday, March 1st 2025 - 10:59 UTC

  Yamandú Orsi takes office as Uruguay’s new left-wing President

  

  Uruguay will swear in Yamandú Orsi as its new president this Saturday, marking 40 years since the country’s return to democracy. Orsi, a former mayor of Canelones, will replace Luis Lacalle Pou in a ceremony that begins at 14:00 local time (17:00 GMT). His term will run until March 2030.

• Friday, December 6th 2024 - 11:11 UTC

  Mercosur Summit: Lula decorates Mujica too

  

  Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva Thursday decorated former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica (2010-2015) with the National Order of the Southern Cross on the sidelines of the two-day Mercosur Summit in Montevideo, Agencia Brasil reported. Mujica, 89, had been granted a similar accolade earlier Thursday by Colombian President Gustavo Petro.

• Friday, November 29th 2024 - 15:51 UTC

  Pepe Mujica criticizes Cristina Kirchner: “The old lady is at the head of Peronism screwing around”

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica has taken aim at prominent Latin American leaders, criticizing a lack of generational renewal in politics and authoritarian trends in the region. Speaking from his home in Montevideo, Mujica called out Argentina’s Cristina Kirchner, accusing her of clinging to power rather than transitioning into an advisory role. “There’s the old Cristina at the head of Peronism, instead of leaving room for new generations. How hard it is for her to let go of the cake!” Mujica quipped.

• Sunday, October 27th 2024 - 21:55 UTC

  Uruguay's 2024 Election: Voter turnout reaches 40% by midday, anticipating a close race

  

  As Uruguayans head to the polls this October 27 to elect their president, vice-president, and Parliament, preliminary reports from the Electoral Court indicate a steady turnout. By midday, 40% of the 2,727,120 eligible voters had cast their ballots across the country's 7,276 polling circuits. Voting is mandatory in Uruguay, with those abstaining required to pay a fine or present a valid excuse, such as illness, disability, or international travel.

• Monday, October 21st 2024 - 10:56 UTC

  Uruguay: Mujica makes last public political appearance

  

  Battling esophageal cancer and age, former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica made what is believed to be his last public appearance this past weekend by showing up at a rally of “La 609” or MPP, the Broad Front (FA) faction he once founded. “Goodbye, I give you my heart,” Mujica stressed on Saturday during a campaign closing event a week before the Oct. 27 elections.

• Friday, September 6th 2024 - 10:44 UTC

  Former Uruguayan President Mujica hospitalized for a third time in 10 days

  

  Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica (2010-2015) was admitted Thursday for the third time in 10 days at a Montevideo sanatorium to go on with his cancer treatment. Mujica's head physician Raquel Pannone said the case affecting the 89-year-old leader was not particularly serious despite the recurrent hospitalizations.