EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />Leaders from across Latin America arrived in Venezuela on Thursday (March 7) to pay respects to the late Hugo Chavez.<br/> <br />Cuban President Raul Castro was among international delegations visiting Chavez's coffin.<br/> <br />A period of mourning has been extended for the leader who died earlier this week after a two-year battle with cancer.<br/> <br />Around 30 heads of state will attend his state funeral on Friday (March 8).<br/> <br />Huge crowds have continued gathering at the military academy where Chavez lays in state.<br/> <br />Many are spending hours queuing in order to catch a glimpse of the leader's coffin.<br/> <br />Officials say after the funeral Chavez will be embalmed and displayed at a military museum.<br/> <br />Acting President Nicolas Maduro said it would help keep alive the leader's self-declared socialist revolution.
