Mexican bank intervenes after women, 116, `too old` to receive card
(The Guardian Mexico)

Maria Félix went three months without the card she needs to collect welfare payment, but had cheque delivered in person when situation was uncoveredBorn at the turn of the past century, Maria Félix is old enough to remember the Mexican Revolution but too old to get the bank card needed to collect her monthly 1,200 pesos ($63) welfare payment for the elderly. Félix turns 117 in July, according to her birth certificate that local authorities recognise as authentic - which could put her in the ranks of the world´s oldest living people. Related: Man, 97, dies just days after mother was declared world`s oldest person Continue reading...