José "Pepe" Mujica
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José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano[a][b] (20 May 1935 – 13 May 2025) was an Uruguayan politician, revolutionary and farmer who served as the 40th president of Uruguay from 2010 to 2015.[1] A former guerrilla with the Tupamaros, he was tortured and imprisoned for 14 years during the military dictatorship in the 1970s and 1980s. A member of the Broad Front coalition of left-wing parties, Mujica was the minister of Livestock, Agriculture, and Fisheries from 2005 to 2008 and a senator afterwards. As the candidate of the Broad Front, he won the 2009 presidential election and took office as president on 1 March 2010.
Mujica's administration implemented a range of progressive policies, including the decriminalization of abortion, the legalization of marijuana consumption and the legalization of same-sex marriage. Additional measures strengthened the country's trade unions and significantly bolstered minimum wages.[2]
While in office, Mujica was described as being "the world's poorest president" due to his austere lifestyle and his donation of around 90 percent of his US$12,000 monthly salary to charities that support low-income individuals and small entrepreneurs.[3][4] He was an outspoken critic of capitalism and characterised it as having a focus on stockpiling material possessions which do not contribute to human happiness.[5][6]
Jose Mujica, Wikiquote
Alan: If I were the United States Secretary of Education, I would mandate that - to graduate school - every student must pass a course in Latin American History.
I would call that course, The Jose "Pepe" Mujica Latin American History Course.
30 Best Jose Mujica Quotes (With Images)
Lucía Topolansky Saavedra
José Mujica
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Watching the video below makes me realize the remarkable bond between the worldviews of José "Pepe" Mujica and Ivan Illich, a 20th-century intellectual titan.
I take this opportunity to list several Illich links that will introduce you to the priest-scholar-rebel, or if you already know Illich's work, these links will provide opportunity to remember his genius.
"Gender," By Ivan Illich... And More
Ivan Illich, Catholic Priest, Revolutionary And 20th Century Intellectual Titan
The 20th Century Writers Who Have Been Most Influential in the Development of My "Outlook" and Worldview are Ivan Illich, Hannah Arendt, Thomas Merton, Wendell Berry, Neil Postman and G.K. Chesterton
Alan Archibald
The video link is almost certainly an AI construct.
But it is true to the spirit and to the teaching of Uruguay‘s recently deceased president, José "Pepe" Mujica.
By my lights, Pepe (whose political and personal philosophy insists on the primacy of love), expresses the essential truths of our political economy, which disproportionately rules our lives, simultaneously ensuring a radically bifurcated society comprised of two groups: The Overlords, and The Slaves.
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