Havana, March 6 (RHC)-- Cuban President Raul Castro has returned to Havana after rendering tribute in Venezuela to Bolivarian leader Hugo Rafael Chavez Frias on the first anniversary of his death.

Wednesday morning, the Cuban president participated in the formal ceremony held at the mausoleum in the Cuartel de la Montaña, in Caracas, and at the tribute carried out with the presence of head of states and personalities from other countries.

Raul was also present at the civic-military parade held at the Paseo de los Proceres in the Venezuelan capital, in honor of that great friend of Cuba and defender of Latin American people, Hugo Chavez -- the Eternal Comandante.