This week it has been certified by Guinness World Records, the organization that documents world records, both human and natural.

Emilio Flores Marques, better known as Milo, was born on August 8, 1908 in Carolina near the capital, San Juan, and currently lives in Rio Piedras.

He is the eldest of eleven brothers, and from a young age he helped his father in the production of sugar cane.

He also did household chores and helped raise his younger siblings.

I was the oldest of the kids, so I did it all. I cleaned, I took care of the boys, I did it allEmilio Flores describes it on the Guinness website.

Additionally, he has been married for 75 years to Andrea Perez, who passed away in 2010 and has four children.

But what is the secret of this man in maintaining a happy life for so many years?

the love

In the house he shares with two of his sons, Emilio Flores received his official certificate calling him the world’s oldest living man.

As he said, he believes that living happily is necessary to have Lots of love and live without anger.

His daughter Tersa Flores described Milo as fun and loving.

“I would go out with him to the stores and he was very funny. I would have a conversation with anyone. He was very dynamic and strong-willed but he was loving. When he had to say something he said to the letter,” the woman told the news agency. EFE.

In addition to his work in the fields and his family life, Emilio Flores completed only the first three years of school, learning to read and write.

He also lived for a while in the United States, working in a laundromat, in an ice factory, and picking fruit to support his family before returning to Puerto Rico.

“My parents taught us that Progress Be honest and sincere and do not lie…values ​​that have not been erased,” Tersa Flores added.