Vale José 'Pepe' Mujica — 'We are promised a life of spending and squandering'

A truly remarkable life has come to an end. Guerrilla fighter, political prisoner, president — Pepe Mujica fought for Uruguay's downtrodden and against the junta that ruled 1973-85.

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José Mujica died on May 13th at the age of 89. Thousands mourned him in street processions in Montevideo, because he was fighter and politician renowned for his wit, wisdom and progressive politics. His headline acts of progressivism as a president were legalising marijuana and same sex marriage, but if you read …