worlds most humble leader Picked up by the president! Hitchhiker given lift by worlds most humble leader after thumbing ride at side of road in Uruguay He has been nicknamed the poorest president in the world, but the President of Uruguay proved that he has a generous nature, at least, when he recently gave a lift to an unsuspecting hitchhiker. Gerhald Acosta had been forced to leave his job at the Montes del Plata paper mill early and was walking home from work when a good Samaritan offered to give him a lift. The shocked hitchhiker told a local newspaper that it was only as he got into the car - the presidents iconic 1987 blue Volkswagen Beetle - that he recognised that the elderly couple was actually President Jose Mujica and his wife Sen. Lucia Topolansky. Gerhald told El Observador newspaper in Uruguay that 25-30 cars had already passed him by without stopping when the big-hearted head of state came to his rescue: I couldn’t believe it. The president was giving me a ride. When I got out, I thanked them profusely, because not everyone helps someone out on the road, and much less a president. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2916545/Picked-president-Hitchhiker-given-lift-world-s-humble-leader-thumbing-lift-road-Uruguay.html#ixzz3PQHVWnUR Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Posted on: Wed, 21 Jan 2015 04:05:57 +0000
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