In a sharepic, the president of Uruguay is described as the poorest president in the world - which is questioned by some users. What is the truth of the claim?
In the sharepic you can see two pictures of Jose Mujica, President of Uruguay, who according to the quote on the picture is called the poorest president in the world because he donated a large part of his salary.
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Uruguay President Jose Mujica donated 90% of his $12,500 salary to charities and kept only $1,250.
“I'm called the poorest president, but I don't feel poor. The people who only work for a lavish lifestyle and want more and more are poor.”
No fake!
There's actually only one thing wrong with the sharepic, and that's that he's the president of Uruguay. That was actually Jose Mujica from 2010 to 2015 ( see HERE ).
During his time as president, he implemented a number of things, including legalizing marijuana, abortion and same-sex marriage. And in fact, he donated 90 percent of his salary to small businesses and non-governmental organizations that provide housing for the poor.
Because of this - the donation of a large part of his salary and the keeping of his election promise not to move to a presidential palace, but to live on his small farm in Rincon del Cerro, on the outskirts of Montevideo, and to continue driving his blue VW Beetle - In 2012, he was named “the poorest president in the world” ( see HERE ). He offered his actual official residence to homeless people to get them over the winter.
He also sold the presidential summer residence in 2011 for $2.7 million. The proceeds went into the budget of the Juntos de Vivienda plan, and the money was also used to finance an agricultural school in the region, where low-income young people have access to technical courses.
In October 2020, Jose Mujica retired from top politics . He said that a weakened immune system puts him at risk and that staying in the office is not an alternative to going out and meeting people.
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