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.

Montevideo (Uruguay) (AFP) – Uruguayans go to the polls Sunday with the leftist alliance of celebrated ex-president Jose ...

Delgado of outgoing president Luis Lacalle Pou's ruling coalition, and Yamandú Orsi, of the left-wing Frente Amplio coalition ...

The former president will join the campaign in support of Yamandú Orsi. Luis Lacalle Pou — who cannot run again due to constitutional term limits — is backing Álvaro Delgado ...

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

Uruguay is undergoing political dynamics similar to those at work in the rest of Latin America: governments swing from one ...

Uruguay Election Frontrunner Yamandu Orsi ... He has backing from leftist icon Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former rebel-turned-president, but also moderate groups who like his business-friendly tone.

Homicide rates in Uruguay have risen sharply in recent ... He has backing from leftist icon Jose "Pepe" Mujica, a former rebel-turned-president, but also moderate groups who like his business ...

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Uruguay’s leftist Frente Amplio (FA ... propelled by support from former president José “Pepe” Mujica. However, he fell short of the majority threshold needed to avoid a runoff, and ...

All this despite the fact that president Jose Mujica, who can't be re-elected ... in the most competitive election since democracy returned to Uruguay in 1985. ”Uruguay's financial crisis ...

By Laurence Blair Reporting from Asunción, Paraguay The small South American nation of Uruguay will hold elections ... among them José Mujica. Support from Mr. Mujica, a folksy, avuncular ...