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Historic Speech by Uruguayan President, Jose Mujica, in the UN [Video: Spanish & English]

"In his speech, Mr. Mujica highlighted the power of the financial systems and the economic fallout which has the greatest impact on ordinary people. He urged a return to simplicity, with lives founded on human relationships, love, friendship, adventure, solidarity and family, instead of ones with people shackled to the economy and the markets."

WATCH: Jose Mujica, President d’Uruguai. Canviar la Vida (English Subtitles)

"ALONG a dirt road on the outskirts of Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay, stands a ramshackle house with chipped walls and a 26-year-old car parked outside. This is the home of the man who runs the country. Jose Mujica, a 77-year-old former left-wing guerrilla, is earning an international reputation as a pauper president who steadfastly refuses to accept any trappings of power."

Latin America | WATCH: Uruguay President Jose Mujica – The World’s Least Selfish President

"A vegetarian, the 77-year-old Mujica lives on his wife's tiny farm where the water comes from a well and the laundry hangs outside, reports MSN. Further, he only owns old furniture and drives a 1987 VW Beetle. His farm is guarded by two police officers and Manuela, a three-legged dog."