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- Former President Jose Mujica of Uruguay announced Monday that he has been diagnosed pinch esophageal cancer.
- "This is evidently very analyzable and doubly truthful successful my case," Mujica said of nan diagnosis.
- Mujica, a leftist who held Uruguay's highest agency from 2010 to 2015, is noted for his transformational activity that rendered his state 1 of nan astir socially wide successful Latin America.
Uruguay's erstwhile guerilla-turned-president, Jose Mujica, wide known arsenic a leftist icon who transformed his mini state into 1 of nan astir socially wide successful each of Latin America, said Monday that he has esophageal cancer.
Mujica, 88, said he was diagnosed during a regular aesculapian checkup past Friday. He said nan tumor discovered successful his esophagus is peculiarly vulnerable because he besides suffers from an autoimmune disease.
"This is evidently very analyzable and doubly truthful successful my case," nan ex-president who governed Uruguay from 2010 to 2015 told reporters Monday. He said doctors were assessing nan champion people of action but warned him that chemotherapy and room posed challenges.
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Known among some fans and detractors arsenic "Pepe" Mujica, nan folksy leader of Uruguay, a state of conscionable 3.3 cardinal people, was first a leader of nan Tupamaros, nan Marxist guerilla group that drew inspiration from nan Cuban revolution.
FILE - Uruguay's erstwhile President Jose Mujica, left, and his woman Lucia Topolansky participate La Moneda statesmanlike palace for a ceremonial marking nan 50th day of nan subject coup that toppled nan authorities of precocious President Salvador Allende successful Santiago, Chile, Sept. 11, 2023. Mujica announced connected April 29, 2024, that he has esophageal crab aft a tumor was detected during a aesculapian check-up. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)
In nan 1960s and early 1970s, Mujica wielded weapons connected Montevideo's streets successful an effort to overthrow nan government, getting changeable by constabulary respective times and yet landing successful situation until nan autumn of nan country's dictatorship led to his merchandise successful 1985.
As Uruguay's 40th president, Mujica legalized same-sex matrimony — a bold move successful nan predominantly Roman Catholic state — and boosted women's rights. He besides made Uruguay nan first federation successful nan world to afloat legalize recreational marijuana.
He drew admiration successful Uruguay and acold afield arsenic a leader who said pinch blunt honesty and lived up to his ain values, shunning nan statesmanlike palace successful favour of his humble location connected nan outskirts of Montevideo and donating astir of his net to charity.
"I unrecorded arsenic I think," he told The Associated Press successful an question and reply past fall. "When we person companions, we’re not poor."
Although Mujica near nan Senate successful 2020, he remained a powerful unit successful nan Broad Front, a conjugation of leftist parties and centrist societal democrats.
In his characteristically charming and self-effacing style, Mujica turned nan property convention connected his test into a pep-talk for nan country's youth.
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"I want to convey to each nan young group that life is beautiful, but it wears you retired and you fall," he said. "The constituent is to commencement complete each clip you fall. If location is anger, toggle shape it into hope."
