A poignant portrait of the most powerful man in El Salvador, written by a journalist who forced him into exile.
Nayib Bukele, President of El Salvador since 2019, who markets himself as his country's savior, has become a symbol of the far right in the Americas. But while his intense anti-gang security campaign has improved public security and boosted his popularity, it has also obscured the profound democratic collapse occurring under his rule.Coming from exile after being arrested for his journalistic work, Oscar Martinez presents an uncompromising portrait of the dictator behind this global political phenomenon. As editor-in-chief of El Faro, the newspaper Bukele's main target, Martinez oversaw investigations that uncovered corruption, human rights abuses, and criminal alliances within the regime.Here, in a series of meticulously drawn scenes, he turns his attention to Bukele's most notable and least mentioned traits. With its frank and satirical style, The Naked Emperor reveals Bukele's unvarnished truth: as an all-powerful autocrat whose carefully crafted image conceals a ridiculous and extremely cruel politician.
