“a slightly potty old uncle, like you find in every family”
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José Mujica
José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano was a Uruguayan politician, revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015. A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was the minister of Livestock, Agriculture…
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politics · President of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 · politician · farmer · draftsperson · partisan · political prisoner · also José Mujica, José Alberto Mujica Cordano, Pepe Mujica, Mujica
Born 20 May 1935 · Died 13 May 2025 · Q9094
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2026· 9 entries
“the poorest president in the world”
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“passionate about bringing Latin Americans together, about what defines us as belonging to a great nation that is to be created. There are multinational states, like China, like India, like what Europe is doing after a history of wars.”
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americaeconomica.com: Evo, Mujica y Lugo reactivan el proyecto de alianza energética entre Uruguay, Paraguay y Bolivia
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Enfoque Noticias: Gustavo Petro condecora a José Mujica con la Cruz de Boyacá
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Modern Ghana: Two Presidents, Two Legacies: How José Mujica and Nana Akufo-Addo Managed Personal Power and Public Wealth
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Portal Web Oficial de los Navegantes del Magallanes: José Mujica mentalizado en empezar de nuevo con la Nave
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Meridiano.net: LVBP: Magallanes tiene grandes planes para Jhonathan Díaz y José Mujica en la 2026/27
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Portal Web Oficial de los Navegantes del Magallanes: Jhonathan Díaz y José Mujica llegaron a la Nave vía cambio
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2025· 19 entries
Awarded Order of Francisco Morazán (2025).
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Died 2025-05-13.
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“Ha practicado la solidaridad como no he visto en ningún Gobierno en la historia de América Latina, por lo menos hasta donde yo puedo hacer memoria.”
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“Estamos andando, pero tal vez la marcha y las necesidades de la historia son mucho más rápidas que lo que nosotros podremos andar. Yo siento que hay un desfase entre la realidad y lo que puede lograr la política. La política no está a la altura de los desafíos de la realidad.”
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“Continuaran las guerras y por tanto los fanatismos, hasta que tal vez la naturaleza nos llame al orden y haga inviable nuestra civilización”
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“That (Guantanamo Bay detention camp) isn’t a prison. It’s a kidnapping den, because a prison entails subjection to some system of law, the presence of some sort of prosecutor, the decision of some judge — whomever that may be — and a minimal point of reference from a judicial point of view. Guantánamo has nothing.”
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“A veces hay cosas que no tienen otra respuesta que la tortura para encontrar la verdad.”
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“Abogo por una manera personal de vivir con sobriedad, porque para vivir hay que tener libertad y pa’tener libertad hay que tener tiempo… Entonces soy sobrio para tener tiempo, porque cuando tú compras con plata no estas comprando con plata, estas comprando con el tiempo de tu vida que tuviste que gastar para tener esa plata.”
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“Necesitamos gobernarnos a nosotros mismos o sucumbiremos; sucumbiremos porque no somos capaces de estar a la altura de la civilización que en los hechos fuimos desarrollando. Este es nuestro dilema.”
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“Y no defendemos ninguna adicción, pero la vía represiva viene fracasando, ya llevamos muchas décadas y viene fracasando, entonces nosotros decimos "hay que tratar de arrebatarle el mercado, sacarle la razón de ser, que es arrebatarle el mercado.”
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“Son los más pobres. Mi definición es la de Séneca: "Pobre es el que necesita mucho". Porque el que necesita mucho, eso es infinito, esos son los más pobres.”
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“Si este… tampoco me como la pastilla, no caigo en la poesía, porque hay una izquierda que se olvidó de discutir en la lucha por el poder y ahora se entretiene discutiendo el matrimonio igualitario.”
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“¿Sabés lo que lamento? Que no exista la ley de duelo […] Hay cosas que se arreglan así, de otra manera no se arreglan, no conversando 'bla, bla, bla, bla'. Hablar es facilísimo en este país.”
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“Nosotros creemos que el narcotráfico, no la droga, el narcotráfico es el peor flagelo que estamos soportando recientemente en América Latina.”
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“Lo que algunos llaman la crisis ecológica del planeta es consecuencia del triunfo avasallante de la ambición humana, ese es nuestro triunfo también nuestra derrota.”
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“La política sigue discutiendo más o menos en términos muy anquilosados, muy parecidos. Y nos alejamos de algunos valores y hay mucha gente infeliz en el mundo, no solo pobre. Acá nos preocupamos solo por los pobres y tenemos que empezarnos a preocupar por los infelices. La soledad de las grandes ciudades, el estar solo en el medio, en la multitud.”
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“Anyone who looks at a map to say that Venezuela could be a threat has to be quite mad. Venezuelans have a marvelous Constitution – the most audacious in all of Latin America.”
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“La política está sujeta a volar como las perdices, cortito y rápido. Y se está necesitando política de largo aliento en un mundo que se globaliza.”
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“We are a republican voice for the world – a proclamation that has been interpreted to signpost a “possible future, a path, however modest, to take for the common good with politics as its ethical base and honesty as its guiding light.”
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2023· 1 entry
Haitian filmmaker Arnold Antonin released a one hour documentary: Pepe Mujica, Nelson Mandela y Haiti about this unique former president in the world today
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2021· 2 entries
Awarded Order of the Liberator General San Martín (2021).
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Caro De Robertis published a novel based on Mujica's life, entitled The President and the Frog (published in 2022 as El presidente y la rana)
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2020· 1 entry
Career landmark: Senator of the República Oriental del Uruguay (2020–2020).
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2018· 1 entry
Awarded Poetry in the Laurel presented by Ayuntamiento de La Zubia in La Zubia (2018).
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2017· 2 entries
Awarded Grand Cross of Order of Manuel Amador Guerrero (2017).
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In a 2017 interview, Mujica discussed his beliefs: "My doubts with God are philosophical, or maybe I believe in God.
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2016· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Flag of Republika Srpska presented by Milorad Dodik in Andrićgrad (2016).
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2014· 6 entries
Awarded National Order of Merit (2014).
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Awarded Order of the Aztec Eagle (2014).
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Awarded National Order of San Lorenzo (2014).
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Italian author Frank Iodice (pen name of Franco Malanima) wrote the book Brief Dialogue on Happiness, which centers on Mujica's life
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Career landmark: President pro tempore of the Union of South American Nations (2014–2015).
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At Carrasco International Airport, and following FIFA suspending Uruguay's Luis Suárez from all football activities for four months after biting Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini, Mujica criticised the organisation, cal
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2011· 3 entries
Won Medal of Honor of the Congress of the Republic of Peru (2011).
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Awarded Grand Cross with Collar of the Order of the Sun of Peru in Lima (2011).
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Spoke out against the military operations launched by several Western countries against Libya
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2010· 6 entries
Awarded National Order of Merit in Asunción (2010).
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Career landmark: President of Uruguay (2010–2015).
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The value of the car was US$1,800 and represented the entirety of the mandatory annual personal wealth declaration filed by Mujica for that year
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The two nations ended their long-running dispute and signed an agreement detailing an environmental monitoring plan of the river and the setting up of a binational commission
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Mujica's broad appeal and growing support within the party posed a challenge to the president
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In 2010, the value of the car was US$1,800 and represented the entirety of the mandatory annual personal wealth declaration filed by Mujica for that year.
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2009· 1 entry
Campaign: 2009 presidential election.
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2008· 1 entry
When he resigned and was replaced by Ernesto Agazzi
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2005· 3 entries
Mujica married Lucía Topolansky, a fellow former Tupamaros member, after many years of living together
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Career landmark: Minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries (2005–2008).
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In 2005, Mujica married Lucía Topolansky, a fellow former Tupamaros member, after many years of living together.
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1985· 1 entry
After constitutional democracy was restored, Mujica was freed under an amnesty law that covered political and related military crimes committed since 1962
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1962· 1 entry
Both Erro and Mujica left the National Party to create the Unión Popular, a left-wing party, in collaboration with the Socialist Party
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1956· 1 entry
Mujica met politician Enrique Erro through his mother, who was a militant in the same sector
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1935· 1 entry
Born 1935-05-20.
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