Mujica, Uruguay and President
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The former Uruguayan president, who died on Tuesday, showed the value in world leaders living like their constituents.
The death of former Uruguayan president José 'Pepe' Mujica brought the curtain down on one of the great love stories of Latin America.
Jose Mujica, a one-time guerrilla and later president of Uruguay who drove a beat-up VW Beetle and enacted progressive reforms that carried his reputation well beyond South America, has died aged 89.