The Uruguayan ex president with Alberto Fernandez Campaigning in 2015 for Kirchnerite candidate Daniel Scioli Dictator Maduro when he first received the San Martin Liberator Order collar
Uruguayan former president, Jose Pepe Mujica has been bestowed by the Argentine government, the country s highest honor, the Collar of the San Martin Liberator Order. The honor is extended to foreign officials, civilian or military, who in the exercise of their duties merit the highest tribute and acknowledgment in the interests of the Argentine Nation.
Decree 40/2021 was published in the Official Gazette, and is based on Mujica s vast record and his exemplary conduct in public office. The decree points out that during his long career as a leader of the Broad Front movement in Uruguay, he was elected president, 2010/2015, but he was also minister, Deputy and Senator. In effect Mujica resigned to his bench