Unexpectedly, he was summoned by his wife, former Vice President Lucia Topolanski, former President of Uruguay. Jose “Pepe” Mujica (2010 – 2015) reappeared in public at the closing ceremony of the election campaign of his political sector with the message: “We must work for hope.”

The former president of Uruguay was fired in mid-September after undergo gastrostomy surgery when reporting problems with esophagus.

Towards the end of an event of the Popular Participation Movement (MPM), a sector of the left-wing coalition of the Front Amplio (FA), at which Topolanski was scheduled to speak, and before FA presidential candidate Yamandu gave a speech to Orsi, former senator surprised by an unexpected acquaintance.

Speaking about how Mujica’s fragile health prevented him from campaigning for the October 27 elections, Topolanski said he sometimes had “crazy ideas” and for example, organizing a “giant bicycle platoon” this meant uniting workers, youth, scientists and “veterans” into a “huge mass.”

“But this idea couldn’t happen because we didn’t have enough cyclist, and we started waiting and kept waiting,” he said, before inviting Orsi and announcing with him: “You know what? the last cyclist has arrived and he’s here, here he is“, referring to former President Mujica.

“Is for the first time in 40 years I did not participate in the election campaign the rest are there and I do this because I fight death at the end of the game, absolutely convinced and conscious, but I had to come here today because of what you symbolize,” Mujica explained.

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“I am an old man who is very close to retreat. from where it does not return, but I am happy because you are, because when my hands are gone, the struggle will be replaced by thousands of hands, and I have said all my life that the best leaders are those who leave a bar that surpasses them with an advantage “, he added.

Thus, noting that today he is alive thanks to his “partner” and “another woman” who is his doctor, he insisted that the “fight” to which, according to him, he dedicated his life, accompanied by Topolansky, “ continues.” and reflected it New generations will “experience changes in the world that humanity has never known before.”

“Intelligence will be as important as capital, which means that higher education will prevail (…) This is why we must fight for developmentto have economic means that can be invested in the heads of those who come,” he pointed out.

This is “the biggest challenge facing the country,” noted the former governor, who He is not participating in the campaign due to radiation treatment for cancer. and subsequent hospitalization to treat the consequences of digestive disorders.

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To deal with this problem, he noted, “we need to talk to the whole country, so that the leader does not withdraw into himself” and force political forces to agree on “four or five national measures to combat this.”

“No hatred, no confrontation. We must work for hope,” he concluded, before adding: “I must thank life, because when these weapons are gone, thousands of guns will appear. Thank you for being here. See you forever“.

(According to EFE)