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World's "poorest president" Uruguay's ex-president Jose Mujica, dies at 89...

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..."In my own garden, I no longer plant the seeds of hatred," he said in a 2020 speech announcing his retirement from active politics. "Life has taught me a hard lesson … that hatred just makes us all more stupid."

High office didn't change Mujica very much. He eschewed the official residence in Montevideo for his ramshackle flower farm. Rather than a presidential motorcade, he often drove his 1987 Volkswagen Beetle to work. He dressed casually and donated nearly all his salary to charity.

José Mujica, Uruguay's president at the time, arrives in his 1987 Volkswagen Beetle to cast his vote in Montevideo in October 2014.
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