The new Amazon series “El Presidente,” premiering Friday, lays bare the 2015 FIFA soccer scandal that exposed the international organization’s wide-ranging corruption, resulting in the ouster of its president, Sepp Blatter, and the arrests of top-tier members — including US officials.

The gripping eight-episode series, created by Oscar-winning screenwriter Armando Bo (“Birdman”), tells a tale of betrayal, subterfuge and how an FBI agent (Karla Souza, “How to Get Away with Murder”) helped turn Chile’s powerful soccer president, Sergio Jadue (Andres Parra), into an informant.

Bo, 41, spoke to The Post about “El Presidente.” Why did you feel compelled to tell this story? For me, as an artist, screenwriter and director, I was looking for

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