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José Mujica, the 'poorest president' in the world, dies!

2025-05-14 10:15:36Kosova&Bota SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
José Mujica, the 'poorest president' in the world, dies!
Jose Mujica

Former Uruguayan president José Mujica , known as "Pepe", has died at the age of 89.

The former guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the " poorest president " in the world due to his modest lifestyle.

Current President Yamandú Orsi announced the death of his predecessor on X, writing: "thank you for everything you gave us and for your deep love for your people."

The politician's cause of death is unknown, but he was suffering from esophageal cancer.

Due to his simple lifestyle as president, his criticism of consumerism, and the social reforms he promoted – which, among other things, led Uruguay to become the first country to legalize the recreational use of marijuana – Mujica became a well-known political figure in Latin America and beyond.

His global popularity is unusual for a president of Uruguay, a country of just 3.4 million people where his legacy has also generated some controversy.

In fact, although many people tended to see Mujica as someone outside the political class, this was not the case.

He said his passion for politics, as well as for books and working with the land, was passed on to him by his mother, who raised him in a middle-class home in Montevideo, the capital.

As a young man, Mujica was a member of the National Party, one of Uruguay's traditional political forces, which later became the center-right opposition to his government.

In the 1960s, he helped create the Tupamaros National Liberation Movement (MLN-T), a leftist urban guerrilla group that carried out attacks, kidnappings, and executions, although he always claimed not to have committed any murders.

Influenced by the Cuban revolution and international socialism, the MLN-T launched a clandestine resistance campaign against the Uruguayan government, which at the time was constitutional and democratic, although the left accused it of being increasingly authoritarian.

During this period, Mujica was captured four times. On one of these occasions, in 1970, he was shot six times and nearly died.


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