HAVANA — Regional leaders and tens of thousands of Cubans filled Havana’s Plaza of the Revolution Tuesday night for a service honoring Fidel Castro on the wide plaza where the Cuban leader delivered fiery speeches to mammoth crowds in the years after he seized power.

The presidents of Mexico, Ecuador, Bolivia, Venezuela, Panama, South Africa and Zimbabwe, along with leaders of smaller Caribbean nations, flew to Havana to pay tribute to Castro, who died Friday night.

South African President Jacob Zuma praised Cuba under Castro for its record on education and health care