The former president of the Republic and leader of the Broad Front (FA), Jose Mujicaannounced at a press conference that he suffers from esophageal cancer, lamented that he is “very committed,” although he assured that he will continue fighting as long as he can.
Mujica reported, in a press conference, that on Friday studies were carried out at the medical center Casmu where the tumor lodged in his esophagus was detected. “It is doubly compromised in my case because I have had an immunological disease 20 years ago that affected my kidneys,” he said.
The medical condition of the former president, very active in the presidential candidate’s campaign Yamandu Orsicauses difficulties for the left-wing leader to receive radiological and chemical treatment.
“In my life more than once the grim reaper was hanging around the cot, but it continued to shepherd me all these years. This time it comes with a polished scythe,” he said. “We’ll see what happens,” she added and promised to “continue being active” as long as she can. “I’m grateful, and at the end of the day, who can take away my dancing,” she stressed.
The ex-president Mujica He dedicated the final fragment of his speech to speak to the youths Uruguayans. “I do want to thank you and, furthermore, convey to the girls and boys of this country, to the young people, that life is beautiful, that it is spent and it goes away. The crux of the matter of succeeding in life is to start over every every time one falls. And if there is anger, transform it into hope,” he asked them.
“Let them fight for love. Do not allow themselves to be fooled by hate. If drugs catch up with them, do not be left alone. No one is saved alone. Ask for collaboration, fight. The only freedom It is in the head and is called will. And if we don’t use it, we are not free. This must be understood,” he concluded.
Source: Ambito
