Uruguay’s José Mujica, world’s ‘poorest president’, dies

Gerardo Lissardy

BBC News Mundo

AFP/Getty Images Former Uruguayan President José Mujica gives a thumbs up while sitting among a crowd at an event earlier in 2025AFP/Getty Images

Former Uruguayan President José Mujica, known as “Pepe”, has died at the age of 89.

The ex-guerrilla who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 was known as the world’s “poorest president” because of his…

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