The Uruguayan government has declared three days of national mourning in honor of the late former President Jose "Pepe" Mujica.

Crowds have poured into the streets of Uruguay's capital to bid a poignant farewell to former President José Mujica, a guerrilla fighter-turned-pioneering leader who became an icon of the Latin American left,

Uruguay's iconic President, Jose 'Pepe' Mujica, who served from 2010 to 2015, died on May 13 at the age of 89.