Mexico City, August 11 (RHC)-- Mexicans paid tribute to Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Saturday at the Ernesto Velasco Auditorium in Mexico City.

The ceremony in Fidel's honor -- commemorating the 93rd anniversary of his birth -- was organized by the Resistance and Rebellion Networks, Support Networks for the Indigenous Government Council, the Mexican Union of Electricians and the Cuban Solidarity Movement.

A presentation by Mexican academics Alberto Hijar, Alicia Castellanos and Gilberto López, and the political advisor of the Cuban embassy, José Alberto Prieto, opened the tribute which was also attended by Venezuelan diplomats.

After the references to the life and work of Fidel, folk dance groups, poets, singer-songwriters, troubadours and musical groups performed on the spacious stage of the union.