Political news from around South America.
HE drives a 1987 VW Beetle, is a noted vegetarian, was shot six times by the police, lived in a well for two years and now donates 90 per cent of his wealth and refuses to use his presidential palace. Meet quirky Uruguayan president Jose Mujica – a true man of the people.
VENEZUELA has entered seven days of mourning and will call an election in the next month after President Hugo Chavez was confirmed dead of cancer, aged 58.
VENEZUELAN President Hugo Chavez continues to fight for life after having two cancerous formations removed in the past year.
