00:00We are going live to Uruguay, Montevideo, the capital, as the funeral procession for former
00:07president Jose Pepe Mujica has begun in the capital. We are getting live images from the
00:12Uruguayan capital as the funeral procession is on the way, a procession that began at 9 a.m.
00:19local time, Uruguay, with the president, Yaman Durci, putting the flag on the casket of the
00:27former president Jose Pepe Mujica. The procession began from the independent square, that's
00:34from where the activity, his funeral procession began, and it will go down the July 18th Avenue,
00:43then followed by Fernando Crespo, Calle Cerro Largo, to make a first stop. There are going
00:49to be three stops before arriving to the final destination. The first stop is going to be
00:56at the venue of the National Liberation Movement, Urpamado, to which Pepe Mujica was part of
01:02during the 60s when he took part in the guerrilla warfare against the civil dictatorship that existed
01:09back then in the country. That's how he began his development in terms of policies and in
01:14the struggle for the emancipation of its people and to eliminate oppression to bring a society
01:22that he, together with others, envisioned a fairer society. So this is the first stop to
01:29which, where the funeral procession is currently heading, we are seeing the live images on the
01:34screen. The casket of Pepe Mujica is being escorted by the people who have come out to the streets
01:41to bid farewell to who has been described as one of the greatest Uruguayans to ever walk the land.
01:50Then, following from this venue of the Tupamaros, it will continue to the headquarters of the Broad
01:56Fund, the large left coalition that is currently in power in the country and to which also Pepe
02:05Mujica was part of during his political life, that began after being released from prison
02:10following that struggle against the dictatorship. He was part of it and also during the 2010-2015
02:20term when he was president, continued to work. When he stepped down, when he finished his term,
02:26he even said that he was never going to retire because he was going to be always working for the
02:30people that he loved, for his Uruguayan people to his very last breath. And so it was. Then from the
02:37Broad Front, the procession will continue to the headquarters, to the headquarters of the movement
02:47of popular participation, an organization that was created also in the framework of bringing together
02:52different movements and different alliances for the protection, to fight for the social justice.
03:00And finally, it will arrive to the Legislative Palace. This is where the funeral procession will end
03:06at the Legislative Palace. That's where the wake is going to be held for a period of 36 hours. It's
03:12going to be open for the public, that anyone who wants to go there and be a final farewell to the former
03:18president is going to be able to. The wake is going to be held, the official wake is going to be held in the Hall of the
03:24Los Steps Pasos Perdidos as his name in Spanish. And we have had confirmation of the authorities that were
03:32reporting yesterday that several international leaders, international figures are also going to
03:38come in the following hours in the coming days to take part in the funeral of this great Latin American
03:45leader. That's the the plan that is established for the funeral procession that as we were reporting,
03:50began at 9 a.m. local time with the president Yamandu Ursi laying the Uruguayan flag on the casket as it is
03:59currently touring the streets of the Uruguayan capital, going through these different locations that were
04:08important during his life from the very early stages in his political life, in his struggle for social
04:14justice to ending in the legislative palace. These are the life images we're getting and we're seeing
04:22the casket being escorted by by six forces and different authorities that are around. It's being
04:30escorted by the people. We're seeing the people are doing a human shame protecting the area and in the
04:36back there are lots of people that are walking behind following their former president to his last
04:43resting place although in this occasion to the place where it's going to be the wake first and then the
04:48funeral is going to be held and he's going to be buried as he had requested as he had requested previously
04:55he's going to be buried next to his dog which was also very important in his life. Right now we have had
05:03reactions coming from all over the world from different Latin American leaders expressing their
05:08condolences and their solidarity with the Uruguayan people and with of course Pepe Mujica's wife Lucia
05:15and other families and loved ones. People from all over president of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, Cuba,
05:21Diaz Canel, Bolivia, Luis Arce, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Claudia Sheenbaum. People have come, have expressed and
05:30reacted to the lust of this great leader who was known as the humblest of the most humble head of state due to his
05:37lifestyle. We must remember that he donated over 90 percent close to 90 percent of his monthly salary
05:46while he was president to charity to help the people the poor people of Uruguayan and to help small
05:52entrepreneurs to develop and bring more development in the economy of the country. So this is what is
06:00happening right now on the Uruguayan capital the the funeral procession of Pepe Mujica as the people have
06:06come as we're seeing images to bid farewell to who has been described as one of the greatest Uruguayans
06:13that have lived in in the country and have worked and struggled alongside these people for the well-being
06:18and to create a fair world a fair Uruguayan society. We'll have more information coming in news briefs.
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