{"id":25509,"date":"2025-05-13T21:11:05","date_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jose-mujica-uruguays-humble-president-who-changed-his-country-and-charmed-the-world-dies-at-89\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T21:11:05","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T21:11:05","slug":"jose-mujica-uruguays-humble-president-who-changed-his-country-and-charmed-the-world-dies-at-89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/jose-mujica-uruguays-humble-president-who-changed-his-country-and-charmed-the-world-dies-at-89\/","title":{"rendered":"Jos\u00e9 Mujica, Uruguay&#8217;s humble president who changed his country and charmed the world, dies at 89"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"article-0\">\n<section class=\"content__body\">\n<p>Former Uruguayan President\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/former-president-jose-mujica-nonreligious-secular-cd0b74cab9c5d7637e693c2b20a17b8b\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Jos\u00e9 Mujica<\/a>, a one-time Marxist guerrilla and flower farmer whose brand of democracy, plain-spoken philosophy and simple lifestyle fascinated people around the world, has died. He was 89.<\/p>\n<p>His death was announced by Uruguayan President Yamand\u00fa Orsi. In a post on social media platform X, Orsi called Mujica a &#8220;president, activist, guide and leader.&#8221;Mujica had been under treatment for cancer of the esophagus since spring 2024,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/uruguay-former-president-jose-mujica-cancer-16bf508e61d2e754beb7bc0010e7a280\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">when the affliction was diagnosed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Even as the treatment left him weak and hardly able to eat, Mujica reappeared on the political stage in fall of 2024, campaigning for his left-wing coalition in national elections that vaulted his preferred candidate and prot\u00e9g\u00e9,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/uruguay-presidential-election-yamandu-orsi-d3481a8bb23c49dc777cbdeb0db6aa5f\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Orsi<\/a>, to the presidency.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"embed embed--type-image is-image embed--float-none embed--size-medium\">\n<p>      <span class=\"img embed__content\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/13\/193b5b3f-7413-4ce4-a45b-9222651af25c\/thumbnail\/620x412\/864a0d6521a80de7090fb9a1616fd0e7\/gettyimages-2206512088.jpg?v=45a15310810b79948c864f87b07fc8a0#\" alt=\"URUGUAY-POLITICS-FA-ANNIVERSARY-MUJICA \" height=\"412\" width=\"620\" class=\" lazyload\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assets3.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/13\/193b5b3f-7413-4ce4-a45b-9222651af25c\/thumbnail\/620x412\/864a0d6521a80de7090fb9a1616fd0e7\/gettyimages-2206512088.jpg?v=45a15310810b79948c864f87b07fc8a0 1x, https:\/\/assets2.cbsnewsstatic.com\/hub\/i\/r\/2025\/05\/13\/193b5b3f-7413-4ce4-a45b-9222651af25c\/thumbnail\/1240x824\/58bc27f614c947809afa462cbbaaa886\/gettyimages-2206512088.jpg?v=45a15310810b79948c864f87b07fc8a0 2x\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/span><figcaption class=\"embed__caption-container\">\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__caption\">Former Uruguayan President Jose Mujica reacts after receiving a tribute during the 54th anniversary of the Frente Amplio political coalition in Montevideo on March 26, 2025.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>                  <span class=\"embed__credit\"><\/p>\n<p>                SOFIA TORRES\/AFP via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>                          <\/span><br \/>\n              <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In September of 2024, his doctor reported that radiation had succeeded in eliminating much of the tumor. But in January of 2025, Mujica&#8217;s doctor announced that the cancer in his esophagus had returned and spread to his liver. His autoimmune disease and other underlying medical problems led Mujica to decide not to pursue further treatment.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Honestly, I&#8217;m dying,&#8221; Mujica told weekly magazine Busqueda in what he said would be his final interview. &#8220;A warrior has the right to rest.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During his\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/international-international-general-news-5efa58e59035486286a0ddceb8e77bb3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">2010-2015 presidency<\/a>, Mujica, widely known as &#8220;Pepe,&#8221; oversaw the transformation of his small South American nation into one of the world&#8217;s most socially liberal democracies. 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