José Mujica: “Freedom is About Having Time to Live”

(Before It's News)

by Don Quijones

In this age of rampant political corruption and greed, José Mujica, the president of Uruguay, cuts an unusual figure on the international stage. As a left-wing guerilla during the Uruguayan dictatorship of the 1970s, Mujica endured 15 long years in prison, eleven of which were spent in solitary confinement.

In more recent times Mujica has gained notoriety as the “poorest president in the world”, after donating roughly 90 percent of his presidential income to charities, political parties and NGOS. However, as he tells Al Jazeera in the in-depth interview featured below, he does not consider himself poor:

My definition of poor are those who need too much. Because those who need too much are never satisfied. I am frugal but I’m not poor. I’m frugal with a light suitcase: I live with little — just what’s necessary — and I’m not too tied down by material things. Why? So I can have more free time. To do what? To do what I like.

Freedom is about having time to live.

On that note, here’s the interview in full:

Click here to view the embedded video.

[Source]

• Israel’s Medieval Ban on Intermarriage
• 2006, 2009 Oak Ridge and Watertown 2013 WWII Reenactments
• Families of Drone Victims: No Hope for Justice in US Courts
• The District of Columbia ACT of 1871 Copy this below and share it with EVERYONE you know!
• The president and Ms. Rice seem to think that the crime of desertion in wartime is kind of like skipping class.
• White House Did Not Expect Bergdahl To Be Swift Boated (Video And Picture)
• Siria y el nuevo contexto global
• Bergdahl wanted to renounce his citizenship
• Insider Lt. Colonel says Massive Disclosure Coming Soon! Aliens Run The Government
• Scientists map ‘Bermuda Triangle of Space’