Tens of thousands pay respects to Chavez in emotional farewell to island's No. 1 ally
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Tens of thousands of Cubans are streaming past a memorial to the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in Havana.
It's a tribute to the man who was the island's most important international ally and a close friend of retired leader Fidel Castro.
People formed a long, snaking single-file line at Revolution Square to pay their respects to Chavez on Thursday, two days after he succumbed to cancer.
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Some saluted an oversize photo of Chavez that was perched above a bed of white flowers and flanked by a military honor guard. A few wept.
Around the city, flags flew at half-staff.