Get Uruguay President Jose Mujica Background. José mujica, the uruguayan president, at his house in montevideo. In the 1960s, mujica rebelled against the uruguayan state as part of the marxist tupamaros insurgency, which took fidel castro.

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He first announced his resignation in 2016 but had postponed it. A member of the broad front coalition of. President mujica has shunned the luxurious house that the uruguayan state provides for its leaders and opted to stay at his wife's farmhouse.

But mujica reminded that yans did not say a word about the us states of colorado and washington, which also legalized marijuana.

Glimpse into president's austere lifestyle comes in. Its history was one of ports and leather, of wool and salted meat. Instead, on that victorious evening, mujica drove home to his wife lucia at their modest farmhouse on the outskirts of. In a ceremony yesterday, jose pepe mujica, who mujica wasn't known as the world's humblest president for nothing.