The former Uruguayan president, who died on Tuesday, showed the value in world leaders living like their constituents.

The Uruguayan government has declared three days of national mourning in honor of the late former President Jose "Pepe" Mujica.

Mourners wept, raised their arms and marched behind the flag-draped casket of former President José Mujica on Wednesday as thousands bid a poignant farewell to the iconic leader in the Uruguayan capital.

Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay whose unpretentious style and progressive reforms earne

Crowds have poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became an icon of the Latin American left,

Crowds poured into the streets of Uruguay’s capital on Wednesday to bid a poignant farewell to former president Jose Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became a hero of the Latin American left.

The history of Latin America's left is filled with champions of the poor, ex-guerrillas, democrats, and dictators — but "Pepe" Mujica stood above them all with a rare trait in politics. A kind of South American version of Nelson Mandela, he was ...