Salvadoran president declares himself 'dictator' in apparent joke

FILE PHOTO: El Salvador President Nayib Bukele speaks during a news conference in San Salvador, El Salvador, June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele has on Twitter proclaimed himself "dictator" of the Central American country, in an apparent joke that has done little to dispel concerns about his increasing concentration of power.

The 40-year-old Bukele, a seasoned and often provocative user of social media, late on Sunday changed his Twitter profile to read "Dictator of El Salvador", in what appears to be a bid to mock critics who accuse him of having autocratic tendencies.