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What Makes This Man The 'Poorest' President?

Uruguay's Jose Mujica gives 90% of his pay to charity

By Liam Carnahan, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 17, 2012 4:06 PM CST

(Newser) – He's a vegetarian, drives a 1987 VW Beetle, and runs a flower farm. Did we mention he's also the ruler of Uruguay? Jose Mujica is known as the world's 'poorest' president, but the one-time guerrilla revolutionary has chosen to shun the... Read full story »

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environmentalism • president • Uruguay • poverty • jose mujica

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What Makes This Man The 'Poorest' President?

Uruguay's Jose Mujica gives 90% of his pay to charity

environmentalism • president • Uruguay • poverty • jose mujica

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