Fidel Castro’s ashes en route to Revolution´s birthplace – Santiago

A military truck pulls a trailer with the flag-draped chest that holds the remains of former President Fidel Castro as thousands of Cubans line the famous Malecon seaside boulevard to pay their respects in Havana, Cuba. The revolutionary leader who brought commmunism to his island nation in 1959, Fidel Castro died November 25 at the age 90 years old.

Cuban military members mourn as a motorcade that carries the ashes of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro passes through a main street of Havana, Cuba.

Placed in a small coffin covered by a Cuban flag the ashes of Cuban leader Fidel Castro are driven along the streets of Havana, Cuba.

A convoy of vehicles escort the remains of former President of Cuba Fidel Castro along the malecon at the start of a journey across the country to Santiago de Cuba where he will be buried.

A woman is overcome with grief after watching the remains of former Cuban President Fidel Castro travel down the famous Malecon seaside boulevard in Havana, Cuba.

Cubans hold national flags as they observe the motorcade that carries the ashes of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba.

Thousands of people observe the motorcade that carries the ashes of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba.

People watch the motorcade transporting the remains of Cuban leader Fidel Castro drive past, along the Malecon seaside boulevard, in Havana, Cuba.

Thousands of people line the famous Malecon seaside boulevard waiting to pay their respects to former Cuban President Fidel Castro as his remains are transported across the island in Havana, Cuba.

Thousands of people line the famous Malecon seaside boulevard waiting to pay their respects to former Cuban President Fidel Castro as his remains are transported across the island in Havana, Cuba.