El Señor Presidente (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Miguel Ángel Asturias
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: Early twentieth century
- Setting: Guatemala
- Genres: Long fiction, Satire
- Subjects: Dictators, Politics, Murder or homicide, Twentieth century, Poverty or poor people, Fear, Oppression, Revenge, Cruelty, Latin America or Latin Americans, Guatemala or Guatemalans
- Locales: Guatemala
Characters Discussed
El Señor Presidente (sehn- YOHR preh-see-DEHN-teh), a dictator partially modeled on Manuel Estrada Cabrera, a ruler of Guatemala during the author’s lifetime. His government runs on webs of political intrigue and corruption involving rumors, rigged elections, spies, secret police, hired assassins, false imprisonment, and torture. Since childhood, he has enjoyed tormenting weaker beings. Now he takes brutal revenge on all those who oppose or hinder him, including his former associates. He initiates a plot to frame his rival, General Canales, for murder....
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