During a press conference on 3 January, President Donald Trump declared that the US would "run" Venezuela following the overnight capture of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Meanwhile, the South African government has called for an urgent convening of the United Nations Security Council, labelling the US military intervention a "manifest violation" of international law and urging the international community to respond to the crisis.  Mbuyiseni Ndlozi is in conversation with Political Economist and International Relations Expert, Prof Patrick Bond and Director of the Centre for Africa-China Studies at the University of Johannesburg, Prof David Monyae.