If we're including undocumented/unverified cases, then what is the standard for deciding who's the doyen or doyenne of a country? Senovio Saavedra Muela is currently the only known documented living 108+ year old from Ecuador, so he could be a good candidate for the title of "doyen", but for the doyenne category we'd just be choosing between unverified cases, meaning that Elvia Vera Loor is sort of an arbitrary titleholder by this point. The oldest living Ecuadorian claim I'm aware of is a woman who claims to be 115. There's also a man who claims to be 113.

I really appreciate the fact that you're drawing attention to all these Latin American countries, as they're often overlooked in favor of more developed nations. However, I think it would be best to instead focus on the countries where LAS actually has verified male and female cases.

Posted by: @mendocino

If we're including undocumented/unverified cases, then what is the standard for deciding who's the doyen or doyenne of a country? Senovio Saavedra Muela is currently the only known documented living 108+ year old from Ecuador, so he could be a good candidate for the title of "doyen", but for the doyenne category we'd just be choosing between unverified cases, meaning that Elvia Vera Loor is sort of an arbitrary titleholder by this point. The oldest living Ecuadorian claim I'm aware of is a woman who claims to be 115. There's also a man who claims to be 113.

I really appreciate the fact that you're drawing attention to all these Latin American countries, as they're often overlooked in favor of more developed nations. However, I think it would be best to instead focus on the countries where LAS actually has verified male and female cases.

Maybe lists could be made of all the claimants that we know of, similar to the "Claims from Country X (108+)" on the 110 Club.

Still, Ale added a question mark on Elvia...is not as if he added her as a true case. For example, he added some more claims, like the woman from South Africa, with a question mark...doesn't mea he thinks she's documented or anything. 

@heatwave116 That list is very hard to update...Stefan did one but still has a lot of work to be done on it. 

Mendocino wrote:

Senovio Saavedra Muela – the oldest known (documented) living person in Ecuador – turned 110 today. He was born in Majua, Esmeraldas, Ecuador on 30 October 1912, and married Carmen Vásquez. The couple had eight children: Ramona, Margen, Guadalupe, Isabel, José, Seni, Eduardo and Enrique Saavedra. After the death of his wife around 1991, he moved to San Mateo.

Happy birthday!

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Elvia Vera Loor, was confirmed alive today on 5 November 2022 at the age of 113. According to the Gerontology Wiki article, she was born around 12 May 1909, but she recently celebrated her 115th birthday. Her family claims they do not know the exact date she was born. This was confirmed by one of her acquaintances or relatives, I don't know who it is. Her birthday is celebrated for fun several times a year, regardless of her actual birthday.

In the comments of a post about the alleged 110th birthday in 2018, he responded and said that the only thing he could do to help was to confirm that she was still alive and nothing more.

LINK: Facebook post:

So much from me, just to let it be known that she is still alive.

Mr. Senovio Saavedra Muela, the oldest documented living man in Ecuador, sadly passed away in San Mateo, Esmeraldas, Esmeraldas Province (ECU) on 21 February 2023 at the age of 110 years, 114 days.

https://longeviquest.com/supercentenarians/senovio-saavedra-muela/#gallery-section

Rest in peace.

José María Caiza born on 6 Feb 1914 would be the oldest known person in Ecuador now

Cristina Cedeño Palacios, born in Calderon, Manabí, Ecuador on 13 April 1916, died in Toronto, Canada on 29 September 2024 at the age of 108 

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/es-es/obituaries/toronto-on/cristina-palacios-12010112

https://longeviquest.com/2025/01/maria-magdalena-vera-vera-ecuadorian-supercentenarian-dies-at-110-years-old/

María Magdalena Vera Vera, Ecuadorian Supercentenarian, Dies at 110 Years Old

María Magdalena Vera Vera, a resident of Canuto, Manabí Province, Ecuador, passed away on 31 January, at the age of 110 years, 63 days. Her passing was first reported on Facebook by Ciudad al Día.

María Magdalena Vera Vera was born in the street of La Mocora in Canuto, Manabí, Ecuador, on 29 November 1914. She went to the school of “Sin nombre” in Canuto.

At the age of 30, she married Cayetano Gil Alberto Cedeño Zambrano. The couple had 10 children: Luis Adalberto, Lucia Antonia, Jacinto Roger, Gil Auxiliador, Olga María, Cirio Monserrate, Marco Antonio, Letty and Oswaldo. She was a housewife, usually working on harvesting food such as mango, starch, coffee, cacao and yuca.

On 7 April 2010, an elderly couple was placed under house arrest after police arrived with a warrant demanding alimony payment to their former daughter-in-law. She had four children with their son, Marco Antonio, who had moved to Venezuela in 1992, leaving the children in their parents’ care. The arrest sparked local protests, and on 5 May, the husband, Cayetano, passed away just two days after a second house arrest order. Magdalena later claimed the arrest caused Cayetano severe depression, contributing to his death, especially since he was already suffering from uterine cancer.

The featured image was sourced from Ciudad al Día.

The oldest person alive in Ecuador now would be Lita Margarita Argandona Moreira, born on November 7, 1915