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Mr Chavez's mother and brothers were among those who paid their respects
The body of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is lying in state at the military academy in Caracas.
His family and close advisers, as well as the presidents of Argentina, Bolivia and Uruguay, paid their respects next to his open coffin on Wednesday.
Mr Chavez died aged 58 after suffering from cancer for nearly two years.
Hundreds of thousands of people earlier took to the streets of the capital to pay tribute as a hearse carrying his coffin took hours to reach the academy.
The state funeral for Mr Chavez is due to take place on Friday.
The head of the presidential guard was quoted by the Associated Press news agency as saying that he had been with Mr Chavez when he died.
General Jose Ornella said Mr Chavez had died of a massive heart attack, and in his final moments had said he wanted to carry on living.
"He couldn't speak but he said it with his lips: 'I don't want to die. Please don't let me die,'" said Gen Ornella, according to AP.
Political vacuumAt the scene
Hugo Chavez's body is lying in state at the Fuerte Tiuna Military Academy in Caracas, where Mr Chavez studied as a young cadet.
The coffin, covered in a Venezuelan flag, was placed in a hall dedicated to the "liberators of South America".
Thousands of people lined up quietly to say one last goodbye to Mr Chavez, among them government officials and Latin American leaders such as Bolivian President Evo Morales and Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
The coffin was taken by hearse through the streets of Caracas from the military hospital where Mr Chavez died on Tuesday. The televised procession took over seven hours, and thousands of people accompanied Mr Chavez's family and government officials for kilometres.
Upon reaching the military academy, a Mass was held with the participation of Mr Chavez's mother and daughters, who were received with a long applause.
Chavez supporters gathered in Caracas on Wednesday to catch a glimpse of his coffin as it was driven through the streets from the military hospital where he died on Tuesday to the military academy, where he will lie in state.
Mourners, many wearing red T-shirts and carrying pictures of Mr Chavez, threw flowers at the coffin, which was draped in a Venezuelan flag.
The BBC's Will Grant says many Chavez supporters thank him for changing their lives.
One supporter at the procession, Maria Alexandra, said: "After Jesus Christ, there's Hugo Chavez. Before him, the government didn't take care about us. Now children have everything."
The coffin was greeted with sustained applause as it arrived at the military academy.
Mr Chavez's family and the Latin American leaders later attended Mass at the academy's chapel, where he will lie in state in an open coffin.
Afterwards, his mother and children gathered around the coffin to pay their respects. Then, military commanders and members of his cabinet took their turns to file past before the chapel was opened to the public.
Our correspondent says Mr Chavez's death has created a potential vacuum at the heart of his political movement.
According to the constitution, there must be a presidential election within 30 days and the government has said it intends to stick to that timetable.
Continue reading the main storyVice-President Nicolas Maduro, whom Mr Chavez named as his preferred successor in December, is widely predicted to win the upcoming poll as the candidate of the governing United Socialist Party (PSUV).
Mr Maduro is expected to face the opposition leader, Henrique Capriles, who stood for the presidency in October but was beaten by Mr Chavez. The opposition has yet to confirm Mr Capriles as its official candidate.
Timeline: Hugo Chavez
- 1954: Born 28 July in Sabaneta, Barinas state, the son of schoolteachers
- 1975: Graduates from Venezuelan Academy of Military Sciences
- 1992: Leads doomed attempt to overthrow government of President Carlos Andres Perez, jailed for two years
- 1994: Relaunches his party as the Movement of the Fifth Republic
- 1999: Takes office after winning 1998 election
- 2002: Abortive coup. Returns to power after two days
- 2011: Reveals he is being treated for cancer
- 2012 (October): Re-elected for another six-year term
- 2012 (December): Has fourth cancer operation in Cuba
- 2013 (February): Returns to Venezuela to continue treatment
- 2013 (March): Death is announced by Venezuelan government
Mr Maduro promised on Tuesday to maintain Mr Chavez's "revolutionary, anti-imperialist and socialist legacy" and called on the nation to close ranks.
"In the immense pain of this historic tragedy that has affected our fatherland, we call on all the compatriots to be vigilant for peace, love, respect and tranquillity," he said.
"We ask our people to channel this pain into peace."
The appeal was echoed by Mr Capriles, who told Venezuelans: "This is not the moment to highlight what separates us. This is not the hour for differences; it is the hour for union, it is the hour for peace.''
The exact nature of Mr Chavez's cancer was never officially disclosed, leading to continuing speculation about his health, and he had not been seen in public for several months.
Last May, the former army paratrooper said he had recovered from an unspecified cancer, after undergoing surgery and chemotherapy in Cuba in 2011 and a further operation in February 2012.
However, in December Mr Chavez announced he needed further cancer surgery in Cuba and his inauguration had to be delayed the next month because he was too unwell. He returned to Venezuela in February, but was confined to the military hospital.
Shortly before the president passed away, Mr Maduro claimed that his cancer had been induced by foul play by Venezuela's enemies.
Two American diplomats were subsequently expelled after being accused of spying. The US government promptly rejected the allegation as "absurd".
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