Pakistan faces a constitutional crisis as Prime Minister Imran Khan calls for new elections; Concerns grow about human rights abuses in El Salvador during a 30-day state of emergency over gang violence; A new report highlights how poverty and COVID-19 deaths are linked in the United States.

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Democracy Now! 2022-04-05 Tuesday

• Headlines for April 05, 2022
• Pakistan in Crisis After PM Imran Khan Dissolved Parliament & Accused U.S. of Plotting Regime Change
• Poor in El Salvador Face Brunt of Crackdown on Gang Violence as Gov't Suspends Rights, Arrests 6,000+
• A Poor People's Pandemic: Report Reveals Poor Died from COVID at Twice the Rate of Wealthy in U.S.

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