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title: "Costa Rican man, 119, seeks recognition as world's oldest person"
description: "Both outlets reported that a 119-year-old Costa Rican man, Jose Flores, is seeking recognition as the world's oldest person. Geo News provided a brief description of Flores' daily life and included a reference to a photo and a social media account, while Dunya News focused on the documentation supporting his age, specifically mentioning his identity card and other records."
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# Costa Rican man, 119, seeks recognition as world's oldest person

world · updated 9 Sep 2026, 9:32 PM PKT · 9 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 3 outlets

**HarZaviya summary** — how 3 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts:

> Both outlets reported that a 119-year-old Costa Rican man, Jose Flores, is seeking recognition as the world's oldest person. Geo News provided a brief description of Flores' daily life and included a reference to a photo and a social media account, while Dunya News focused on the documentation supporting his age, specifically mentioning his identity card and other records.

## Same story from 3 outlets

Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source.

- **Pakistan Today** — [Costa Rican man, 119, awaits recognition as world’s oldest man](https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2026/09/09/costa-rican-man-119-awaits-recognition-as-worlds-oldest-man) · 9 Sep 2026, 9:32 PM PKT
  > Official records, including his identity card, state that Flores was born on July 11, 1907. If the documents are internationally verified, his age would place him among the oldest confirmed people in the world.
- **Dunya News** — [Costa Rican man, 119, seeks recognition as world's oldest person](https://dunyanews.tv/en/WeirdNews/972112-costa-rican-man-119-seeks-recognition-as-worlds-oldest-person) · 9 Sep 2026, 9:21 PM PKT · 94% identical wording to the newest filing
  > According to identity card and other documents Flores was born on July 11, 1907
- **Geo News** — [Costa Rican man, 119, seeks recognition as world's oldest person](https://www.geo.tv/latest/681344-costa-rican-man-119-seeks-recognition-as-worlds-oldest-person) · 9 Sep 2026, 6:58 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing
  > This photo shows Costa Rican man Jose Flore. — X/@PolymarketIn a modest wooden home in Sardinal, about a 20-minute drive from Costa Rica's Pacific coast, Jose Flores spends his days napping, eating meals prepared by his granddaughter, and arm-wrestling with her.His family...

3 articles from 3 outlets, 9 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text.

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