Mateo poured a coffee and pressed play on Episode 1: "El Elegido" (The Chosen One).
The series wasn’t supposed to drop for another six weeks. El Presidente – a high-budget, eight-episode drama about the rise and fall of a fictional Latin American strongman, "Presidente Octavio Carranza" – was the streaming platform’s most anticipated release of the year. The trailer had 90 million views. The memes were already viral. el presidente s01 vodrip
| Aspect | Information | |--------|-------------| | | Sebastián Arrau & Juan Pablo Sanz | | Production Company | Fabula Producciones (Chile) | | Original Platform | Amazon Prime Video (Latin America) – later syndicated internationally | | Director(s) | Various, with Rodrigo Sepúlveda helming the pilot | | Episodes | 8 (≈50 min each) | | Release Date | 30 Oct 2020 (original) | | Cinematography | Handheld camera work for investigative scenes; slick, polished look for boardroom meetings | Mateo poured a coffee and pressed play on
Mateo looked at the SUV again. The door opened. The trailer had 90 million views
Lucia, a journalist, did not reply with caution. She replied with a screenshot of a tweet from the show’s official account:
El Presidente is a dramatized, limited‑series that follows the meteoric rise and spectacular fall of Chilean football administrator , nicknamed “El Presidente,” against the backdrop of the global FIFA corruption scandal of the 2010s. The story is set primarily in Santiago, Chile, and later in Zurich, Switzerland, where the 2015 FIFA indictments took place. It blends political intrigue, sports business, and personal drama, showing how a small‑town club president can become a key player in a multi‑billion‑dollar empire of bribery, media rights deals, and power brokering.