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

José Mujica, the former Uruguayan president known for his humble lifestyle and progressive reforms, has died at the age of 89 ...

Mujica, a former Marxist guerrilla known by the nickname ‘Pepe’, became a beloved figure for his simple lifestyle.

José “Pepe” Mujica, the former president of Uruguay, at his modest home on the outskirts of Montevideo last year.Credit...Dado Galdieri for The New York Times Supported by By Jack Nicas Jack ...

My generation made a naive error. We believed that social change was only a matter of challenging modes of production and distribution in society. We did not understand the immense role of culture.

The late Uruguayan President Jose Mujica donated 90% of his salary and refused to live in the presidential palace.

Latin America is in mourning after the news broke that, following a long battle with cancer, the great José "Pepe" Mujica has passed away, leaving behind an enormous legacy of love, humility ...

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 ...

José “Pepe” Mujica, a former guerrilla fighter turned president of Uruguay, passed away on May 13 at the age of 89. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our comrade ...

“A person like Pepe Mujica doesn’t die,” Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva said as he paid his respects to his longtime friend, widely known as Pepe, at the Legislative Palace ...