“I came here. It makes me beggar. I die when I had to die. It’s easy.” So Jose Mujika, the former president of Uruguay; Man with reason; The person who changed the gun for the word To try to change the reality. He is a guerrilla, politics and flowers, but above all is an example of synchronization.
I wanted to change the world, but I didn’t change a fuck “
Writer Francis Scott Fitzgerald said that “there are no second acts in the life of Americans.” But the teacher The largest chatsby He referred to Nor America residents. In the south (“south is”) Seeing the actions and Pepe Mujika seems to be (As it is known) It can be certified.
The life of Uruguay had at least two actions: the political commitment of the young man led him to join a guerrilla movement and tried to change the reality and fail to change the reality of the country’s president of the already mature man. “I wanted to change the world, but I didn’t change a fuck”, Mujika has agreed He did in a interview Environment Last November. In return, he attained wisdom: “As a young man I wanted to change the world. Now, the path of my house.”
As a young man I wanted to change the world, and now, the path of my house “
But although it is difficult to identify him, Mujika was satisfied with the life she had to live. “I had a happy life. Backs, assassination and everything is a little. But I lived with the reason“, The Agreed in the newspaper Nation This January.
In October he declared his farewell, but he did it with confidence. “I am an elderly man. He is very close to get back from a place where he does not change, but because I am happy because you are There will be thousands of hands instead of fighting when my hands are out The best leaders for the rest of my life said that they were leaving a bar, and beyond them would be beneficial, ”he said in his party.
Vasos and Italians
Jose Alberto Mujika Gordano was born on May 20, 1935 in Montevideo. By the paternal line, Jose was the descendant of Mujika Pasu, he came to Uruguay in 1842, appearing in the city of Biske; By maternal line, its descendant is Italian. His father died in 1940 and he was six years old.
Faso de la Aurina Faso School and Licyam, after studying in the Montevideo neighborhood, could not finish the package. In 1956, Mujika started the army in the National Party, In it he became the Youth General Secretary. Also known as the White Party, this National is the oldest political party in Uruguay. It protects federal policies in addition to economic freedom and the decentralized state.
But the young Peppe wanted to be very tired with the powers established beyond the limits of a traditional competition. In 1962, Left the national party to form a popular unionA small group called Uruguay’s Socialist Party and new sites.
After losing the election, in 1964 He joined the National-Tupamaros Liberation Movement. There he participated in guerrilla activities, and became hiding. During the government of George Pachako Arako, violence was on the rise. In a shoot he received six bullets. He was arrested four times during the Uruguayya dictatorship and escaped from prison twice.
Total, Mujika spent nearly fifteen years in prison for her life. His last detention period lasted thirteen between 1972 and 1985. Civil and military dictatorship was one of the leaders of Dubamaros, who was taken as “hostages”, which means that if their organization restarts the armed operation, they will be executed.
The word of the gun
When his country restored democracy, Pepe again gained independence. It benefited from the public amnesty issued in 1985. It was created with other references of Dubamaros and other leftist parties after years Popular participation movement (MPP), French within Amblio.
The money loved money should not be dedicated to politics
In the 1994 election, he was elected by Montevadio. Although “Like a vase” feeling, His existence attracted the attention of the people. In 1999, the book ‘Mujika’ published the book ‘Mujika’, in which Gorilla’s life and thought became a politician. The same year he was elected Senator.
In the 2004 elections, the MPP was integrated, as well as the first force within the government. In 2005, Mujika Minister of Livestock, Agriculture and FisheriesBut in Peppe’s words, “The real minister is going to be the deputy secretary.”
He was becoming an animator, a catalyst, a word dizzy and a comment generator. Many fields of citizenship wanted the transparent nature of their approaches, while others considered the tone of the tone or the lack of professional. I.e. Mujika was honest and close.
We forget that growth cannot go against growth ”
Everything happened in 2009. In May, he presented the resignation of the MPP. In a letter, he declared that “the group’s discipline and his administrative organizations were obligated.” In June, he was elected Individual candidate for presidential position for Frende Amblio. In October, in the first round of the election, Mujika won with nearly half the vote. In the second round, in November, he defeated Louis Alberto Lacalele and received 52% of the vote.
Pepe, the leader of Uruguay
The former guerrilla, Pepay, was the leader of Uruguay. And talking about politics to help people entertain. “We forget that growth cannot go against happiness. It must be in favor of human happiness. The love of the land, the care of human relationships, the care of children, the friends, the beginning,” he said in a speech of the River Summit in 2012.
Want to live at the President’s House of Pepe Suarez and Rais? OK not. Mujika and his wife Lucia Topolonski, They stayed on his farm (Farm) In the area of Rinkon Dell Sero, they dedicated themselves to the cultivation of flowers.
In addition, he donated his president’s salary for social reasons “The person who loves money should not dedicate himself to politics.” As He said Country In 2014: “When I get out of it, to live in a moderately happy, we don’t need too much tanks. We felt life complicated.
I don’t hate, no conflict. You have to work for hope ”
During his tenure, Uruguay’s economy advanced on a good path. In fact, according to the World Bank, the country experienced Growth lasted from 2002 to 2015. Opposition parties, however, accused the opposition parties of not being translated into significant improvements in public services. During its presidential period, the abortion was legalized up to 12 weeks, the equal marriage was approved, and the regulated sale of Marijuana was attempted.
Love instead of hate
When he left office in 2015, he continued on the farm on Pepay. He became a Senator and the post he held until 2020. That year he resigned and announced that he would quit politics. Causes, Govid -19 infection and its age. In 2020, Mujika was 85 years old. “There is no success in politics. There are reasons, and Men and women pass, but there are reasons“He said in his farewell speech as a senator.
He learned to lose (to lose reality), but not to hate. In the last October, he can say goodbye with a lot of joy: “I don’t hate, no conflict. You have to work for hope. “He added:” I have to thank you for life because there are thousands of weapons when these weapons are out. Thank you for being already. Until always. “
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