SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico.- The former president of Uruguay, Jose Mujicawho confirmed in April that he had esophageal cancer, acknowledged that he is devastated by the treatment and, although he loves life, he is losing it.
Mujica, 89, was diagnosed during a routine medical check-up and advertisement that the tumor discovered in his esophagus was particularly dangerous because he also suffers from an autoimmune disease.
In an interview with The New York Timespublished this Friday, revealed that she does not have much hope regarding her current situation.
“Life is beautiful. With all its twists and turns, I love life. And I am losing it because I am at the point of leaving. What is the meaning of life that we can give it?” she told the prestigious newspaper.
In his conversation with the journalist from Montevideo, he explained that he underwent radiology treatment and according to the doctors, it turned out well: “But I am devastated,” he added.
Lucia Topolanskyalso a former guerrilla and later a politician, with whom he shares his life, has been his support, as Mujica described.
The couple confirmed to The New York Times who has entered one of the most difficult moments in his life.
“If I’m alive it’s because she’s here,” he said. former president Uruguayan.
Knowing that he was in the last stage of his life, he said that he would like to be remembered as a “madman.” “Ah, like what I am: a crazy old man.”
Better known as “Pepe” Mujica, the former president governed Uruguay between 2010 and 2015.
Although Mujica left the Senate in 2020, he remained politically active in the Frente Amplio, a coalition of leftist and centrist social-democratic parties.
In revealing his illness, he promised that cancer would not stop him from continuing to promote the causes he supports.
This year, when general elections are due to be held in Uruguay, Mujica has said he will remain faithful to his ideals and dedicate himself to working the land.
“I want to tell you that in my life, more than once, the Grim Reaper has been hanging around my bed. But he has continued to shepherd me all these years. Surely, for obvious reasons, this time it seems to me that I am coming with the scythe in hand. We will see what happens,” he said.
