A few weeks ago on Yahoo I stumbled upon a story regarding a Cuban woman. She claims to be 126 years old and has a civil registry to prove it. On her birthday members of the community stopped to wish her well and a school for girls even made a special fieldtrip to pay their respects to her. Though her claim isn’t recognized internationally by Guinness World Records or any other organization, there is no bother to her. Cuba’s Communist Party gave her a cake in recognition of her being the oldest woman. An American woman right now who is only 114 holds the claim of the oldest living woman. I don’t understand why there is a grudge against the Cuban woman, she has valid documentation. Is this an act of discrimination or an act of ignorance? At first I thought that maybe Guinness World Records was an American organization and since there are hostilities between the U.S. and Cuba that might have been the reason for the inability to recognize this woman but then I did my research. Guinness World Records is an organization run out of London, so right there my theory went out the window. I’m curious as to what others thinks of this situaitonl.
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