Reactions to the death of José Mujica, former president of Uruguay and referent of the left

The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, said goodbye on Tuesday of the former president of Uruguay José ‘Pepe’ Mujica, who died in Montevideo at age 89, and said he was a “great revolutionary.” “Pepe Mujica, the great revolutionary, the president of Uruguay. “Hopefully Latin America, someday, have hymn, hopefully South America is called, someday: Amazon,” Petro said in his farewell message.