The international agency EFE visited former Uruguayan president José ‘Pepe’ Mujica at his home, after a long absence from the media due to the radiotherapy treatment – for a tumor in the esophagus – to which he underwent some time ago. Loved by some and hated by others, I stay with his message that he gave to the youth.
“My advice to young people is not to give up when life hits you hard. Get up and start again. Failures are faced with hope,” he said, remembering the 7 years he was imprisoned and the 5 years he later spent as president of his country (2010-2015).
Shortly after turning 90, he assured that “adventure is what keeps us alive, but since it is something everyday we don’t usually give it the value it has. Love life and live it intensely! Mujica was realistic: “Did love fail you? Never say love again. If the job failed, another one will have to appear or invent another, if friends fail, bad luck, you have to have friends anyway, you can’t walk alone.
