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.

At 89-years-old, the former president of Uruguay has beaten cancer. In this interview with EL PAÍS, conducted at his home on ...

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 ...

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

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

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

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 ...

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 ...

MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay -- The leading contenders in ... the same folksy appeal as the iconic former President José "Pepe" Mujica. The eccentric former guerrilla and present-day chrysanthemum farmer ...

Voters in the small South American nation of Uruguay headed to the polls to choose a new president Sunday in a race between ...