The world's poorest president
Uruguay is not the poorest country in the world, but Mujica is known as the world's poorest president not only because he does not have a good housing environment, but also because he is very uncomfortable with people who like to overspend and waste food and other resources, so he also lives in great poverty. It is said that after he was elected president, he insisted on living on a remote farm outside the capital, where there was only a one-lane dirt road and a humble boarding house, and most importantly, even the entire farm was not owned by Mujica, but by his wife.
It is said that not only does he live in poverty, but he also donates at least 90% of his monthly salary to the state welfare agencies, and he only has an 87-year-old Beetle car, once valued at only about three thousand dollars, and the car Mujica also said that it was a gift from his friends for work, even the bodyguard at the door is a dog with only three legs named "Manuela" and two police officers only.
Arab sheikh wants to buy car for millions but rejected
It is said that in 2014, an Arab sheikh took a fancy to the 87-year-old Beetle car of Mujica and said he was willing to buy it for $1 million, but was refused by Mujica, who said the car was a joint gift from a friend and his wife, and I was not willing to sell it, otherwise my friends might be very unhappy, knowing that the value of the car was only $3000. .
Of course, in addition to this chief, there were many others who also asked Mujica to buy this car, at that time it was a Mexican-Uruguayan ambassador Felipeen Riquet who was willing to exchange 10 4x4 off-road trucks with him just to get this blue Beetle, but met with the same result, and Mujica also obtained the support of almost half of the country's population because of his cleanliness.
