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Members of the South African Communist Party during a protest against the US operation in Venezuela that resulted in the capture of President Nicolas Maduro, outside the US Embassy in Pretoria on January 8, 2026. [AFP]
US President Donald Trump threw the world into a spin following last Saturday’s capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro but has further upped the ante by seizing two oil tankers linked to the South American country, including a Russian flagged vessel that was also being escorted by a Russian submarine.
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