A funeral procession began this Wednesday morning from the headquarters of the Executive Branch in Montevideo. Early in the morning, a few dozen people gathered, greeting each other, hugging, and sharing mate. former president Pepe Mujica. Flanked by friends, supporters, activists, and mounted police, Mujica's coffin, draped with a Uruguayan flag, made its way through the streets of the Uruguayan capital. His life partner, Lucía Topolansky, and the country's current president, Yamandú Orsi, accompanied the march, which lasted just over three hours, stopping at the headquarters of the organizations where Mujica was active—MPP, National Liberation Movement (MLN), Tupamaros, and Frente Amplio—until reaching the Palau.

Pepe Mujica's death has sparked an international wave of sentiment that reveals the need for life models we all have together, including the left, always in search of available utopias.