until he was freed in 1985 when Uruguay returned to democracy. Those years in jail, Mujica says, helped shape his outlook on life. “I'm called 'the poorest president', but I don't feel poor.
At Argentina's Ministry of Deregulation and State Transformation, two piles of laws to be streamlined or cut sit on a wooden ...
Uruguay’s outgoing President Luis Lacalle Pou has refused to sign invitations for representatives from Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba to attend the inauguration of President-elect Yamandú Orsi ...
José Mujica has been described as the "world's poorest president." Voted in as Uruguay's head of state in 2010, Mujica served ...
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — Uruguay’s president-elect Yamandú Orsi has turned down the luxuries of the official presidential residence and will instead continue to live with his family in a ...
The decision echoed the one taken by former President José Mujica at his inauguration on Mar. 1, 2010. Mujica also refused to ...