Thousands of Uruguayans took to the streets of Montevideo to honor the memory of the former president of the country, the flagship personality of the Left in Latin America, who passed away at the age of 89 after a battle with cancer.
He left his last breath yesterday on Tuesday in his farm on the outskirts of the capital.
Covered with the Uruguay flag, the coffin with the corpse of Muchika was placed in Kilivanda that dragged horses. The procession started in the morning from the Presidential Palace led by the wife of the deceased, former Vice President Lucia Topolanski, and the current head of state Samado Ossi.
Thousands of people were lined up on July 18, applauding as the Horse Riding Kilivantas passed.
“Thank you Pepe,” some shouted, others burst into tears. The name of Jose Muchika is intertwined with the struggle he pioneered to help the most vulnerable, 46 -year -old Dr. Solana Losano said in tears in the French News Agency (AFP).
Under the sounds of “A Don José”, a traditional song associated with the left in Uruguay, the funeral procession arrived in parliament, where it will be alert. The government has declared a three -day national mourning.
“He made this small country known around the world,” said Mauro de Los Reges, a 50 -year -old teacher.
as they called him, because he gave almost all the salary he received as the head of the state in a social residence program, Jose Muchika made Uruguay pioneer in adopting progressive measures in terms of abortion, marriage between homosexuals and gays.
The former guerrilla was tortured and spent 13 years in prison-most during the military dictatorship (1973-85). He was elected MP, a senator, was appointed minister and then assumed the 3.4 million residents’ presidency.
