José "Pepe" Mujica, former president of Uruguay and a symbol of the Latin American left, died Tuesday at the age of 89 in Montevideo after a battle with esophageal cancer. "With deep sorrow, we announce the passing of Pepe Mujica.

José “Pepe” Mujica, a former guerrilla fighter turned president of Uruguay, passed away on May 13 at the age of 89. “It is with profound sorrow that we announce the passing of our comrade Pepe Mujica,

Jose “Pepe” Mujica, the former left-wing guerrilla who spent more than a decade in prison before becoming president of Uruguay and making it the first country in the world to legalize cannabis, has died.