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South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced that six countries will become BRICS members in January 2024. Venezuela did not make the cut in this first phase of the expansion process but celebrated the consolidation of the multipolar world. During the XV BRICS Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, Ramaphosa welcomed Argentina, Egypt, Ethiopia, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Iran to the bloc made up of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. He explained that the decision was made after evaluating applications from 23 nations, mostly from the Global South, and clarified that more memberships would be considered in the future. “We value the interest of other countries in building a partnership with BRICS,” said the South African leader on Thursday during a speech at the end of the three-day summit, which gathered some 50 heads of state and government representatives. https://venezuelanalysis.com/news/15835