Montevideo, May 13, 2025 (AFP) - Jose Mujica: Uruguay's tractor-driving leftist icon

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2025-05-13

Uruguay's former president Jose "Pepe" Mujica, who has died aged 89, won over legions of fans by adopting a humble lifestyle, giving away most of his salary to charity and driving around in a sky blue Volkswagen Beetle. Dubbed the world's "poorest president" while in office from 2010 to 2015, Mujica eschewed the trappings of success, continuing to live on his small farm, with his wife and three-legged dog Manuela at his side. He transformed Urugu......

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