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Uruguayan President-elect Jose Mujica waves as he walks along the main avenue of Montevideo with the mayoral candidate of the ruling party for May's municipal elections, Ana Olivera (out of frame) on February 26, 2010.

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File photo: Uruguayan President-elect Jose Mujica waves as he walks along the main avenue of Montevideo with the mayoral candidate of the ruling party for May's municipal elections, Ana Olivera (out of frame) on February 26, 2010. © Pablo Porciuncula, AFP

Issued on: 14/05/2025 - 00:34Modified: 14/05/2025 - 10:32

Uruguay's leftist ex-president Jose Mujica has died, the government announced Tuesday. Mujica, who became a cult figure partly due to his modest lifestyle, was in a "terminal" phase of cancer and receiving palliative care. 

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