With a flag rally on the Loreto Bridge over the Mapocho River, Chile's Solidarity Movement paid tribute to historic Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro on the centennial of his birth, marked today.

"We are here to remember the Commander in Chief's legacy of dignity, solidarity, and internationalism," Lucas Castro, one of the organizers of the "100 Years, 100 Murals for Fidel" campaign, told Prensa Latina.

The event, held in the Chilean capital, brought together members of the Movement's Metropolitan Zone, various committees, the Popular Propaganda Brigades, the Communist Youth, and other organizations.

Speaking on behalf of the association of parents of ELAM graduates, Yanela García thanked Cuba, and Fidel in particular, for training nearly 700 Chilean doctors at the Latin American School of Medicine.

That institution, founded in Cuba in 1999 on the initiative of the Commander in Chief, has to date graduated more than 31,200 doctors from 122 countries.

"As young people, we are committed to carrying on Fidel's legacy and continuing to support Cuba's struggle and resistance," said Víctor Morén, of the Communist Youth in the Recoleta municipality.

He recalled the words of President Salvador Allende, who declared that "being young and not being a revolutionary is practically a biological contradiction."

Cristóbal, of the Alejandro Ávalos Local Committee at the Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, said Fidel represents not only a great legacy for Latin America, but also for young people who still believe change and the building of a new world are possible.

A tribute to the revolutionary leader also took place in the port city of Valparaíso to mark the centennial of his birth.