Salvadoran drag queen emerges as a colorful presidential critic


Marvin Pleitez aka Lady Drag rests at his sister Erika Pleitez's stall during a visit to downtown San Salvador, El Salvador November 8, 2021. REUTERS/Jose Cabezas

SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) - Promoting bitcoin as he consolidates power, El Salvador's popular President Nayib Bukele has mostly swatted away his traditional political opponents with ease. But a new critic in colorful wigs and platform heels has proven harder to ignore.

Lady Drag, the alter ego of actor Marvin Pleitez, since September has emerged as an unconventional Bukele adversary, drawing media attention with eye-catching opposition to what her creator sees as the 40-year-old leader's autocratic tendencies.

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