The "world’s poorest president" just turned down an Arab sheikh’s offer to buy his 1987 Volkswagen for US$1mil (Rm3.35mil).
The Middle East’s ultra-rich rarely have problems laying their hands on the super car of choice, whether it be a pimped-out Rolls-Royce or a customised Bugatti. But there is one set of wheels beyond their reach: Uruguayan President José Mujica’s humble Volkswagen Beetle.
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