José Mujica, ex-President of Uruguay, and Lucia Topolansky sit in the living room of their home in Montevideo. From a successful family, she joined the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional-Tupamaros in 1967, where she was persecuted and later defeated by the police in collaboration with the Armed Forces. In 1970 she was captured by the police and escaped a few months later. In 1972 she was captured again and transferred to prison, where she remained until 1985 when the amnesty was approved. During her years as a prisoner she was subjected to physical and psychological torture. Years later she be
José Mujica, ex-President of Uruguay, and Lucia Topolansky sit in the living room of their home in Montevideo. From a successful family, she joined the Movimiento de Liberación Nacional-Tupamaros in 1967, where she was persecuted and later defeated by the police in collaboration with the Armed Forces. In 1970 she was captured by the police and escaped a few months later. In 1972 she was captured again and transferred to prison, where she remained until 1985 when the amnesty was approved. During her years as a prisoner she was subjected to physical and psychological torture. Years later she became vice-president of the Oriental Republic of Uruguay and today, together with her husband José "Pepe" Mujica, they are two important national and international figures.
Size: 6472px × 4315px
Photo credit: © SOPA Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: -president, 40th, home, josé, living, lucia, mujica, politician, politicians, politics, president, room, topolansky, uruguay
