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José Alberto "Pepe" Mujica Cordano (Spanish: [xoˈse muˈxika]; born 20 May 1935) is a Uruguayan politician, former 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.
On 5 March 2010, Bordaberry was sentenced to 30 years in prison (the maximum allowed under Uruguayan law) for murder and of being the intellectual author of kidnappings and disappearances of political opponents of the regime. [36] In ill health, Bordaberry was held under house arrest and died in 2011 at the age of 83. [37]
Murder [222] Jorge Rafael Videla Argentina: President of Argentina (1976–1981) 2010: Murder [223] Juan María Bordaberry Uruguay: President of Uruguay (1972–1976) 2010: Crimes against humanity [224] Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Costa Rica: President of Costa Rica (1998–2002) 2011: Corruption [225] Efraín Ríos Montt Guatemala: President of ...
‘City of God’ Director, DP Reteam on ‘El Abuso,’ About Former Uruguayan President Mújica’s Historic 1971 Prison Break (EXCLUSIVE) Jamie Lang. February 10, 2025 at 8:00 AM.
Uruguay is a presidential republic in which the president is both the head of state and head of government.The following is a list of all the people who have held the office of President of Uruguay since 6 November 1830 (when the first constitution was adopted), with the exception of those who held the office of "President" under the National Council of Government, which served as the country ...
Uruguay's former guerilla-turned-president, José Mujica, widely known as a leftist icon who transformed his small country into one of the most socially liberal in all of Latin America, said ...
On August 25, 1897 Arredondo assassinated Idiarte in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo as he emerged from a church service. [1] Claiming to have acted alone, he was convicted of the crime and imprisoned. Arredondo's act of shooting Idiarte dead is hitherto the only instance of the assassination of a sitting President in the history of Uruguay.
Juan María Bordaberry Arocena (Spanish: [boɾðaβeˈri aɾoˈsena]; 17 June 1928 – 17 July 2011), was an Uruguayan politician and cattle rancher who served as the 34th President of Uruguay from 1972 until his resignation in 1976 and the 1st President of the Civic-Military Dictatorship from 1973 to 1976.