The poorest president in the world ( Uruguay's President Jose Mujica)

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Mujica and Topolansky are former leftist guerrillas who often speak out against greed and consumerism, and say they learned to live on very little during their long years in prison under Uruguay's 1973-85 dictatorship. They gave up the chance to live in the luxurious presidential mansion after he was elected four years ago, staying instead on their ramshackle flower farm, which Mujica declared to be worth about $108,000. They share ownership in two other properties as well.

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While I'm not a big fan of socialist, I do appreciate idealist living up to the standard they set. Plenty of Americans could take some lessons away from this dude.

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While I'm not a big fan of socialist, I do appreciate idealist living up to the standard they set. Plenty of Americans could take some lessons away from this dude.

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Ya, if his whole story checks out, I can respect him a bit, even if I think he is totally fricking wrong.

He's higher up on the list than some pretend capitalist who is full of shite. At least I know what I'm getting with one of them.

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President Jose Mujica

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Now that's a REAL leader.