Orsi, 57, a former history teacher and two-time mayor from a working-class background, is widely seen as an heir to iconic ...

In an interview with Le Monde ahead of the second round of the country's presidential election on Sunday, November 24, the ...

Uruguayans voted yesterday with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex-president Jose “Pepe” Mujica hoping to reclaim the ...

People in the small nation of 3.4 million have to choose between the leftist Frente Amplio (Broad Front) candidate Yamandu ...

Uruguayans go to the polls Sunday, with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex-president Jose "Pepe" Mujica hoping to reclaim ...

Former Uruguayan President José Pepe Mujica's physician Raquel Panone described the extent of her patient's cancer during a press conference in Montevideo. “Pepe has esophageal cancer.

Uruguayans are at the polls for a second round of voting to choose their next president.The conservative governing party and ...

Former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica and incumbent Argentine head of state Alberto Fernández got together Friday at the former's farm in Rincón del Cerro to discuss the currency ...

Mujica has openly criticized the political systems in Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, stating bluntly that "it's not working" when discussing the governance and democratic practices in these nations.

Uruguay's ex-president Jose Mujica, a hero of the left but ailing at 89, has drawn on his last reserves to campaign far and wide for the man seen as his heir apparent ahead of elections Sunday.

Uruguayan center-left opposition leader Yamandu Orsi, whose political ambitions were galvanized by his experience growing up ...