Uruguay’s leftist ex-leader Jose Mujica, battling cancer, was hospitalized Thursday for the fourth time in two weeks, his doctor said. Once known as the world’s “poorest president” for giving away most of his salary and driving an old Volkswagen Beetle, the 8…

Uruguayan ex-president Jose Mujica was part of the MLN-Tupamaros rebels that waged an insurgency during the 1960s and 70s – Copyright AFP Pablo PORCIUNCULA
Uruguay’s leftist ex-leader Jose Mujica, b…