In the midst of recovering from esophageal cancer, former Uruguayan President José "Pepe" Mujica went to the polls to cast his vote in the country's presidential elections, and commented that he believes in young people and their interest in politics. teleSUR
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00:00And on Sunday morning around 8 a.m. local time, the former president of Uruguay, José Mujica,
00:04arrived to vote in the presidential elections in the Cerro de Montevideo.
00:08After voting accompanied by his family members, Mujica stated that he found the political
00:12campaign of the candidates a little disoriented and the candidates were more concerned about what
00:17they are going to spend than how they are going to generate. He also assured that the challenges
00:23for the new government are security and the increase of wealth and asserted that these issues
00:28are a national problem that no party can fix. Instead, an agreement is needed.
00:32Regarding the management of the current Argentine president, Javier Mulley,
00:35Mujica expressed that now there are more poor people than before in Argentina.