Ana Elisa Villanueva, the widow of Jacobo Majluta, the Vice President who turned President when President Antonio Guzman passed away 43 days before handing over the presidency to President Salvador Jorge Blanco in 1982, died on 6 April. She had been ill for several months. She was known for her efforts in favor of indigent children, especially through the Consejo Nacional de la Niñez (Conani) that she co-founded with First Lady Renee Klang de Guzmán. She was buried in the Cemeterio Cristo Redentor on 7 April 1998. She is survived by her daughter Consuela Elena and brothers Fernando, Maria and Sonia. Her husband died on 2 July 1997 of lung cancer.
