'A Person Like Him Does Not Die. He Just Left the Body': Lula Says Goodbye to His Friend Pepe Mujica

«From Cuba, on behalf of Army General Raúl Castro Ruz; from the President of the Republic of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez; and from the Cuban people; we extend our condolences, affection and solidarity to Lucia Topolansky, her family, the Government and the entire Uruguayan people in this moment of pain»

Pepe, when the times marked other types of violence, was a guerrilla. In 1964, the MLN-Tupamaros was integrated, participated in many actions, including the seizure of the city of Pando. At the time of the release from prison, when the dictatorship falls, everyone remembers him in the reconstruction of the organization, in what we call “matteadas”. “He is the partner who sowed organization, which brought together a number of ideals and scattered…

Latin American Summary, May 16, 2025. The remains of the former president were cremated and his ashes scattered in his chakra on the outskirts of Montevideo Uruguay put an end this Thursday to the funerals of José Pepe Mujica, who died Tuesday at 89 years old. About 50,000 people paraded for almost two days in front of his coffin in the [...] La entrada Uruguay. Lula and Boric closed with their visit the funeral of José ‘Pepe’Mujica: “A person l…

After the physical departure of former Uruguayan President José “Pepe” Mujica on Tuesday, May 13, Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attended his funeral to give him the last farewell, where he was very moved. With the regret that today impregnates the world over Mujica’s death, Lula greeted Lucia Topolansky, a former Uruguayan vice president and Pepe’s widow, with a kiss at the front. Lula was greeted by Yamandú Orsi, the current head…

"A person like Pepe doesn't die. He spent 14 years in jail and went free without hatred towards the people who imprisoned and tortured him," the president of Brazil said.

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva compared this Thursday (15), in Montevideo, to José “Pepe” Mujica’s ex-President of Uruguay, who died on Wednesday (13) at 89 years of age, and said that people like him do not die, because their ideas remain. “What is gravitating for us human beings is that a person like Pepe Mujica does not die. If it was his body, his flesh goes.