CARACAS - Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel flew to Caracas on Wednesday for his first foreign trip as head of state, a show of solidarity for Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro, whose controversial re-election this month has drawn condemnation in the West. 'I pledge to you that no matter how big the challenges, you can count on Cuba today and forever,' Diaz-Canel said after meeting Maduro in the Miraflores presidential palace. 'Venezuela now needs our solidarity,' he earlier told Venezuela's Constituent Assembly, a pro-government legislative superbody. The United States, the European Union and major Latin American countries have condemned Maduro's May 20 re-election, saying it did not meet democratic standards.
