The former president of Uruguay José Mujica (2010-2015) announced this Monday at a press conference in Montevideo that he has a tumor in the esophagus. “I need to inform you that last Friday I went to the Casmu (hospital center) to have a check-up in which it was discovered that I have a tumor in the esophagus, which is obviously very serious and is doubly complex in my case, because I suffer from a disease immunology more than 20 years ago,” said the 88-year-old former president.
He added that this affected – among other things – his kidneys, which creates “obvious difficulties” for chemotherapy or surgical techniques. “The doctors are evaluating all of this, doing cellular analysis, how this story continues. I want to convey to you that in my life more than once in my life the grim reaper was hanging around the cot, but it continued to herd me all these years,” the former president emphasized. who pointed out that this time we will have to see what happens.
Likewise, he said that as long as he can he will continue fighting alongside his companions, faithful to his way of thinking, and entertaining himself with his vegetables and his chickens. “As long as the shit lasts, I’ll be there. I want to thank you and convey to the young people of this country that life is beautiful and difficult. The crux of succeeding in life is to start over every time you fall. And that If there is anger, let them transform it into hope. Fight for love,” Mujica emphasized.
Finally, he added that the only freedom that exists is in the head and is called “will.” “If we do not use it, we are not free. And this must be understood. This challenge is faced by the new generations. And life is so beautiful that it makes no sense to sacrifice it for stupidity. For the rest, I am grateful and, at the end of the day In the end, let them take away what I danced from,” he concluded.
