A tweet for the history books, considering the author. Francisco Convit is upset over the public condolences I sent to the mother and sister of Alejandro Betancourt. The Spanish bullfighter Palomo Linares, who was the boyfriend of Betancourt’s mother and the father of Betancourt’s sister’s boyfriend, has passed away. I had to extend my condolences to Betancourt, as the deceased bullfighter was both his stepfather and the father-in-law of his sister. A family tragedy that highlights the most decorous relationships, much like all the business dealings of Derwick Associates.
While neither party has ever confirmed the news—she even denied it—it is indeed true…www.elmundo.es
The businessman Convit, well-known across Venezuela for his entrepreneurial adventures in #Derwick, states, “when you die, no one will remember you,” adding the term “dirty rat.” It’s true. No one will remember me, except for my loved ones and closest friends. Convit, on the other hand, will be remembered. His partners Alejandro Betancourt, Pedro Trebbau, and Edgard Romero Lazo will also be remembered. In something, he is right—no one will ever forget you.
Venezuela will never forget the Derwick Associates bolichicos. They are now part of the folklore and popular culture of Venezuela. They are the new Chinese of a company—not RECADI—whose name is synonymous with corruption. Wherever they go, people confront them, labeling them as thieves:
Pedro Trebbau: “there is no evidence…”
The video has already gone viral and needs no explanation. Details, like Pedro Trebbau saying there’s no evidence, are now out there…medium.com
I have been the architect of that established reputation:
Let’s make them famous!
Recently, I published a map. It’s not, nor is it intended to be, exhaustive. Many names and many companies are missing…medium.com
I have exposed, like no one else, their escapades, extravagances, and political connections:
We’re off to a bad start, Henry…
First and foremost, I must express my pleasant surprise at your public recognition, Henry. You don’t encounter that every day…alekboyd.wordpress.com
I have been hunted, spied on, censored, defamed, assaulted along with my family, and terrorized by the one who dares to call me a “dirty rat.” I possess documents that clearly demonstrate that Francisco Convit’s newfound wealth stems from corruption, from appointments that were handed out without a second thought:
No one in Venezuela believes the narrative that these bolichicos have been wealthy their entire lives. No way. Everything they have—the planes, the houses, hunting enclosures, thoroughbred horses, penthouses with gold faucets, and million-dollar apartments merely for storing shoes—they acquired after chavismo began awarding them contracts. Before Hugo Chavez declared a national emergency in 2009, they owned nothing. This is the reality shown by the purchase documents of various properties.
These honorable gentlemen have inflicted untold suffering on millions of Venezuelans. They purchased scrap at rock-bottom prices and sold it to their chavista friends at hundreds of millions of dollars in inflated costs. They stole over $1 billion, between power plants, oil deals, and financial schemes in the black market. Read that correctly: over 1 billion dollars, while millions of Venezuelans are losing weight due to malnutrition because the chavista regime lacks enough funds to import food.
Francisco Convit claims to have a fortune of over 200 million dollars. His buddy Alejandro Betancourt says he has over 600 million dollars. These aren’t my arguments, mind you. They come from Orlando Alvarado, the finance manager of Derwick, and Charles Henry de Beaumont, a banker for Derwick. They boast about having stolen money from all Venezuelans. While these crooks play at being businessmen, laundering their ill-gotten gains, people in Venezuela continue to suffer from hunger.
Where does that wealth come from, if not from corruption? Who will Venezuelan society remember as a “dirty rat”?
ADDITIONAL NOTE 26/04/2017: after publishing this note, Francisco Convit’s community manager entered a frenzy on Twitter. The exchange is rather tedious and predictable; debating with chavista thugs—excuse the redundancy—is not an exercise that requires much intellectual rigor.
Interestingly, the person behind the account @franciscoconvi7 shows a particular knowledge about the invasion of my home, the theft of my computers, and the harassment of my family. This guy claims it was a “self-theft,” but then he backtracks, or gets scolded, and deletes the tweet.
Equally curious is his absolute silence regarding explanations about the multiple contracts that chavista entities handed to Derwick Associates, which was a shell company with no experience at the time of contracting. Not to mention questions about the 200 million dollars he claims to possess or the 600 million dollars his companion Alejandro Betancourt insists are his. When asked about the Panamanian companies Calandra and Banstead, through which he and his partner conduct multimillion-dollar transactions, the loquacious interlocutor falls silent.
Convit fears the loss of confidentiality in Switzerland and is shifting his ill-gotten gains to the Bahamas.
He has the audacity to ask me how I manage to live in London, when since 2009 he has acquired properties and thoroughbred horses valued in millions of dollars. He has the nerve to challenge me about my work and source of income, someone who has stolen over a billion dollars from all Venezuelans.
For us, it’s easy to determine the origin of his fortune; it’s a shame that no authority in Venezuela, whether chavista or opposition, wants to investigate the issue.
Convit is well aware of my activities; in fact, he possesses numerous photos taken by his minions of me around London, for months, prior to invading my apartment. The arguments used by this Twitter user are nearly identical to those published in the defamatory campaign launched against me exactly one week after they stole my computers and broke into my home.
Coincidence? I doubt it, and for this reason, the London Police have already been informed.