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editor of every economic report: bi luming

according to cctv news on the 15th, local time on september 14th,venezuelan interior and justice minister diosdado cabello announced that venezuela has arrested three suspects who attempted to throw grenades and other explosives at the argentine embassy in venezuela in an attempt to create chaos.

cabello said the suspects were trying to carry out attacks and cause chaos, accusing the venezuelan government of this. cabello also said that venezuelan security forces intercepted a ship and seized more than 400 weapons, including pistols and rifles.the weapons were originally shipped from the united states.

on september 14, local time, venezuelan minister of the interior and justice diosdado cabello asked the united states to clarify its relationship with arms trafficking in a televised speech. cabello said,u.s. intelligence agencies are involved in arms trafficking and collude with opposition forces to assassinate venezuelan leaders and undermine venezuela's stability.

cabello said intelligence showed that the cia was involved in arms trafficking and colluded with the opposition to find mercenaries to assassinate venezuelan leaders. six foreign citizens have been arrested, including two spanish citizens, two american citizens and one czech citizen. wilbur joseph castaneda, an active-duty american officer who was arrested earlier, was involved in more than 400 arms trafficking cases. the us government said it was unaware of this.

later that day, the spanish government denied that the two citizens arrested in venezuela belonged to the country's intelligence services. cctv reporters learned that the spanish ministry of foreign affairs stated that the spanish embassy in venezuela had asked the venezuelan side to visit the two arrested spanish citizens.

according to xinhua news agency, venezuelan attorney general tarek william saab confirmed on the 5th that an american sailor "without any documents" has been detained in venezuela since the end of last month.

saab said the sailor, who has dual u.s.-mexican citizenship, entered the country "without any kind of documentation" and without any resources to sustain himself in venezuela.

a u.s. department of defense official said on the 4th that a u.s. navy sailor who went to venezuela for private affairs was detained by venezuela around august 30. according to pentagon spokesperson sabrina singh, the sailor went to venezuela for private reasons without permission, and the u.s. navy has launched an investigation. the u.s. hopes that the sailor can return home as soon as possible.

the u.s. state department has long issued a travel warning, reminding american citizens not to travel to venezuela. with venezuelan president nicolas maduro's re-election in july, tensions between the u.s. and venezuela have intensified, and the maduro government is facing pressure from the united states to impose further sanctions.

the venezuelan ministry of foreign affairs issued a statement on the 12th, strongly condemning the us treasury department's new round of sanctions against venezuelan officials. the statement said that the us unilateral coercive measures are a "new crime of aggression" and an improper and illegal act, which shows that the us government has once again completely ignored international law, people's self-determination and the democratic will of the venezuelan people.

earlier in the day, the u.s. treasury department announced sanctions against 16 venezuelan officials, including rodriguez, president of the venezuelan supreme court, and infante, first vice speaker of the national assembly, on the grounds that they obstructed the democratic political process and undermined the presidential election.

venezuela held a presidential election on july 28, and the venezuelan national electoral commission announced maduro's victory in the early hours of the next day. the opposition questioned the election results, and his supporters took to the streets to protest. on august 22, the venezuelan supreme court confirmed that maduro's victory was valid.

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