The oldest person in Cuba passes away at 112 years old.

The longest-living Cuban person, named Lucía Chacón Hechavarría, passed away last Monday morning at the age of 112 years and 222 days in her hometown of Santiago de Cuba.

According to what journalist Idalberto Aguilar Macias revealed on Facebook, the elderly woman was born on December 13, 1911, in the area of El Grillo, a locality located between Sabanilla and Los Lazos, in the former region of Mayarí Arriba, now Segundo Frente.

The Gerontology Research Group (GRG), based in California, which has been tracking the oldest validated living people in the world since 1997, lamented the passing of the lady.

The GRG, considered an authority in the verification of supercentenarians, stated that Lucía's age is yet to be determined.

"At the time of her death, she was the oldest living person known in Cuba," the publication admitted.

In her biography, it is detailed that Lucía married Eduardo Díaz and had 10 children (six girls and four boys). At the time of her death, she had 42 grandchildren, 73 great-grandchildren, and 26 great-great-grandchildren.

She became the oldest living person known in Cuba after the death of Pedro Batista Layana, who was 111 years old, on March 7, 2021.

In December of that year, she celebrated her 110th birthday and became a supercentenarian.

Reporter Aguilar Macias specified that the deceased was the daughter of Julio Chacón and Presentación Hechavarria, and she was a girl who suffered firsthand the cruel evictions, as she, along with her parents and siblings, were expelled from Cortadera, El Valle de Mayarí, Ojo de Agua, and Mícara.

"Their testimonies were essential for clarifying many events that occurred in the mayarista region in the early 20th century and even the 19th century, as he proudly spoke of his mambí grandparents: Tomás Macías and Onofre Orozco. The latter was the one who identified the body of the leader of the 'Independents of Color,' Evaristo Estenoz, in 1912," he said.

"Recently it was classified by specialists as the longest-lived in Cuba (including both sexes)," he emphasized.