Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay whose unpretentious style and progressive reforms earned him lavish profile pieces in the international media, has died aged 89, APA reports citing Reuters.
The straight-talking Mujica, known to many Uruguayans simply by his nickname "Pepe", led the small South American country's leftist government from 2010 to 2015 after convincing voters his radical past was a closed chapter.
"It is with deep sorrow that we announce the death of our comrade Pepe Mujica," President Yamandu Orsi said in a post on X. "Thank you for everything you gave us and for your deep love for your people."
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