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Lucía Topolanski at her home in Montevideo, Uruguay, on July 2.
Interview | Widow of José Mujica

Lucía Topolansky, widow of Uruguay’s José Mujica: ‘Pepe was the nice one in the family. I was the sergeant’

The widow of José Mujica remembers him during a conversation with EL PAÍS in the country house where they shared a life together. Topolansky, who previously served as a senator and as the vice president of Uruguay, and her husband dedicated themselves to politics for 40 years

José Mujica, pictured in the living room of his house in Montevideo, Uruguay, on October 31, 2024.
José Mujica

José ‘Pepe’ Mujica: ‘I dedicated myself to changing the world and I didn’t change a damn thing’

At 89-years-old, the former president of Uruguay has beaten cancer. In this interview with EL PAÍS, conducted at his home on the outskirts of Montevideo, where he is still recovering from the after-effects of treatment, he discusses life and death, resentment, happiness and his political legacy

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