José "Pepe" Mujica, former president of Uruguay and a symbol of the Latin American left, died Tuesday at the age of 89 in Montevideo after a battle with esophageal cancer. "With deep sorrow, we announce the passing of Pepe Mujica.

Jose ‘Pepe’ Mujica, ex-president of Uruguay, former guerrilla and cannabis reformer, dies aged 89 - The one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay enacted progressive reforms that carried his r

Jose “Pepe” Mujica, the former left-wing guerrilla who spent more than a decade in prison before becoming president of Uruguay and making it the first country in the world to legalize cannabis, has died.