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On April 3, 2002, a blast occurred at the Esteiran People's Party headquarters in Porto Verde which killed 12. Over the next hour, PPE representatives were targeted across the country for assassination. In total, eight were killed and 13 were wounded in coordinated attacks. Souza and the PPE claimed the attacks were committed by left-wing terrorists sympathetic to the National Liberal Party though these claims went unsubstantiated. The morning of April 4, the [[Esteiran National Police]] arrested PLN leadership and locked the country’s opposition parties out of an emergency session of the National People’s Assembly.
The emergency session was made up of PPE representatives and was headed by Souza, who gave a fiery speech claiming that the opposition parties were plotting a coup to seize control of the government. Souza received a standing ovation from his party in the legislature, who subsequently passed the [[National Security and Stable Leadership Act of
A low-intensity conflict against left-wing guerillas has been ongoing since 2003, with much of the fighting centered on Amarpa Department.
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