Supporters of the Great Patriotic Pole congratulate President Nicolas Maduros over the electoral victory.

Caracas, November  22 (RHC)-- Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez on Monday expressed his satisfaction with the elections held on Sunday in Venezuela and applauded the victory won by the ruling Great Patriotic Pole.

The National Electoral Council (CNE) announced early Monday the results of the regional and municipal elections, which showed that the Patriotic Pole won 20 of the 23 governorships that were disputed, in addition to the Mayor's Office of Caracas, the capital of the country.

In one of the first reactions, the President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, congratulated on Twitter "the brave Venezuelan people and the Great Patriotic Pole, led by brother President Nicolás Maduro".

The Cuban head of state assured that it was a "resounding victory in Venezuela's regional and municipal elections".

Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, also in a tweet, congratulated "the people and government of Venezuela, especially President Nicolás Maduro and the Great Patriotic Pole, for the results obtained in the regional and municipal elections."

The head of the diplomacy of the Caribbean island considered that the elections "have meant an unequivocal triumph for the Bolivarian and Chavista Revolution."