Panama’s oldest person, Clara Cedeño de Saavedra, who cast her vote in every election from 1994 to 2019, died   in Chitre , aged 113 on Saturday, January 11.

On September 10 The Electoral Court presented  Aunt Clarita, as she was known with a plaque of recognition as an exemplary older citizen for her voting record.

A  requiem mass was celebrated at the San Juan Bautista cathedral in Chitre on Sunday.