According to the Efe news agency, on October 20, local time, former Uruguayan President José Mujica announced his resignation as senator and withdrew from Uruguayan politics. Mujica said that he was suffering from an immune system disease and was at high risk of new crown virus infection, so he had to choose to leave.
On October 20, Mujica announced his retirement from politics Screenshot of the Effie video
Before that, Mujica had also revealed the idea of quitting politics, saying that he had been expelled from the Senate by the new crown virus. Mujica said he was suffering from a rare disease that even doctors didn't know about, couldn't even get vaccinated, and although he loved politics, he also wanted to live on.
The 85-year-old former left-wing guerrilla leader, who was elected president of Uruguay in 2009, chose to live on a farm outside the capital and donate 90 percent of his salary to the national social welfare program, where Mujica is also known as the "poorest president" for his simple life and a respected left-wing politician in Latin America.
According to WHO data on the 21st, Uruguay has 2560 confirmed cases of new crown and 51 deaths. In the past week (10.12-10.18), Uruguay has 199 new confirmed cases, refreshing the country's record of new confirmed cases in a single week since the outbreak.