15 November 2012

URUGUAY / SPAIN : Blood Clot Forces Prez Mujica To Cancel Madrid Trip; BBC Profile...With Rare Farm Visit.

http://en.mercopress.com/2012/11/15/uruguayan-populist-president-jose-mujica-as-described-by-bbc

     Amazingly...an old link to a President Jose Mujica story still leads the most popular recent topics here.
     Now...comes news that doctors have ordered him to cancel a trip to Spain for a summit... because of a painful blood clot in his right leg.
     Mujica, 77...was ordered to rest for several days and take anti-coagulant drugs.
     The BBC just profiled the former rebel leftist...who lives with his wife in her simple farmhouse...a 3-legged dog...growing flowers.
     Mujica may be the world's poorest president...earning only $12,000 per year...90% of which he donates to charity.

       TO READ/WATCH: BBC Version...with 3:38 video report...with rare farm visit/ interview...after :30 ad.
                    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-20243493