The 21-gun salute echoed today morning in Havana, as a posthumous tribute to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, whose death still causes expressions of sorrow.
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National Mourning in Cuba for President Hugo Chavez's Death
With great solemnity, members of the Revolutionary Armed Forces carried out the ceremony at the same time, in which the funerals of the Bolivarian leader started in Caracas, attended by Cuban President Raul Castro.
The shots were fired from the San Carlos de la Cabaña Fortress, guarding the entrance of the Havana Bay.
Cuba declares National Mourning today, and the national flag is hoisted at half-mast, as a sign of mourning, for third consecutive day.
The national newspapers, Granma and Juventud Rebelde, were printed in black for the third consecutive day, and the pages were devoted to report on the funerals of the former head of the Venezuelan state, as well as review the tribute paying to him on the Caribbean island.