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In January 2021 his lawyer edited his Wikipedia page, attempted vandalism, then proceeded to threaten legal action, if Wikipedia did not remove information he considered fraudulent. This included his proven connections to [[Chega (political party)|CHEGA!]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Renascença|date=2021-01-26|title=Wikipédia pressionada a "limpar currículo" de empresário apoiante do Chega - Renascença|url=https://rr.sapo.pt/2021/01/27/pais/wikipedia-pressionada-a-limpar-curriculo-de-empresario-apoiante-do-chega/noticia/223997/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Rádio Renascença|language=pt-pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-cônsul que quer apagar ligações ao Chega em guerra com a Wikipédia|url=https://www.cm-tv.pt/atualidade/detalhe/ex-consul-que-quer-apagar-ligacoes-ao-chega-em-guerra-com-a-wikipedia|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.cm-tv.pt|language=pt}}</ref>
In January 2021 his lawyer edited his Wikipedia page, attempted vandalism, then proceeded to threaten legal action, if Wikipedia did not remove information he considered fraudulent. This included his proven connections to [[Chega (political party)|CHEGA!]].<ref>{{Cite web|last=Renascença|date=2021-01-26|title=Wikipédia pressionada a "limpar currículo" de empresário apoiante do Chega - Renascença|url=https://rr.sapo.pt/2021/01/27/pais/wikipedia-pressionada-a-limpar-curriculo-de-empresario-apoiante-do-chega/noticia/223997/|access-date=2021-02-27|website=Rádio Renascença|language=pt-pt}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Ex-cônsul que quer apagar ligações ao Chega em guerra com a Wikipédia|url=https://www.cm-tv.pt/atualidade/detalhe/ex-consul-que-quer-apagar-ligacoes-ao-chega-em-guerra-com-a-wikipedia|access-date=2021-02-27|website=www.cm-tv.pt|language=pt}}</ref>

In April 2021 César do Paço publicly notes that there is a persecution carried out by the media that call him a party financier and that for this reason, with obscure objectives, they try to denigrate his image from that moment. The use of judicial proceedings over 30 years in which he was never tried and which he was not aware of, since trying to question the size and activity of his companies, and resorting to attempts at non-existent connections, everything was valid only with the intention his honor and dignity, in a process of innuendo intentions without any background of truth.
César do Paço explained that his name has been used marginally, and its pages have been the target of computer hacking by anonymous people, who based on this anonymity and the hiding place that the internet allows them, have successively tried to make their connection to CHEGA as their own. funder, associating it with xenophobic and racist practices that throughout his life he fought and abhorred. César do Paço explained that he was present at a single event and that he made a donation and that this did not make him a financier for anything.
César do Paço also explained that he would go to the Courts to restore the whole truth against SIC and the magazine Saturday and the respective journalists Pedro Coelho and Alexandre Malhado, being sure that he also reported that he has already made a criminal complaint against Wikipedia editors who insist on maneuver its pages in order to denigrate its image, with criminal intentions.
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== Early life ==
== Early life ==

Revision as of 14:41, 26 April 2021

Caesar DePaço
Honorary Consul of the Portuguese Republic in Florida
In office
3 October 2014 – 14 May 2020
Appointed byRui Machete,
Minister of Foreign Affairs[1]
Personal details
Born
César Manuel Matos de Paço

21 September 1965
Madalena, Azores, Portugal
CitizenshipPortuguese Republic
SpouseDeanna Padovani-DePaço
OccupationCEO of Summit Nutritionals International
Known forPhilanthropist

César Manuel Cardoso Matos do Paço (born 21 September 1965) also known as César Do Paço is a Portuguese businessman and former consul for both Portugal and Cape Verde in Palm Coast, Florida.[2][3] DePaço is the CEO of Summit Nutritionals International.[3] He has close connections through his Foundation DePaço to André Ventura and the CHEGA! far-right political party in Portugal.

In 2019, DePaço became an official patron of FC Porto, a major Portuguese football club.[4] In 2020, DePaço became the owner and official patron of CF Canelas 2010.[5][6]

In January 2021, he was dismissed from the position of Honorary Consul of Cape Verde in Florida,[7] after becoming involved in a scandal that led to the resignation of Luís Filipe Tavares, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cape Verde.[8] This was due to DePaço's connections to the Portuguese far-right political party CHEGA! [7] His wife, Deanna Padovani-DePaço, remains as Honorary Consul of Cape Verde to New Jersey.[9] In an article in January 2021, newspaper "A Nação" questioned the case of a husband and wife being both appointed to as consuls, writing "This is the first time Cape Verde has ever nominated a couple, husband and wife, to consulates in the same country, at once, to different states in the U.S.A." It went to quote a source that described the situation as "a case of influence peddling and corruption."[10]

In January 2021 his lawyer edited his Wikipedia page, attempted vandalism, then proceeded to threaten legal action, if Wikipedia did not remove information he considered fraudulent. This included his proven connections to CHEGA!.[11][12]

In April 2021 César do Paço publicly notes that there is a persecution carried out by the media that call him a party financier and that for this reason, with obscure objectives, they try to denigrate his image from that moment. The use of judicial proceedings over 30 years in which he was never tried and which he was not aware of, since trying to question the size and activity of his companies, and resorting to attempts at non-existent connections, everything was valid only with the intention his honor and dignity, in a process of innuendo intentions without any background of truth. César do Paço explained that his name has been used marginally, and its pages have been the target of computer hacking by anonymous people, who based on this anonymity and the hiding place that the internet allows them, have successively tried to make their connection to CHEGA as their own. funder, associating it with xenophobic and racist practices that throughout his life he fought and abhorred. César do Paço explained that he was present at a single event and that he made a donation and that this did not make him a financier for anything. César do Paço also explained that he would go to the Courts to restore the whole truth against SIC and the magazine Saturday and the respective journalists Pedro Coelho and Alexandre Malhado, being sure that he also reported that he has already made a criminal complaint against Wikipedia editors who insist on maneuver its pages in order to denigrate its image, with criminal intentions. .[13][14] [14]


Early life

César Do Paço is born in Madalena, island of Pico, Azores. According to himself, his childhood was spent in Azores until he was 11, when he accompanied his father immigrating to the United States.[15] By his own account he graduated in Psychology, in England, with two doctorates.[15]

Summit Nutritionals International

See also: Summit Nutritionals International

DePaço founded his first pharmaceutical materials company Summit Sourcing in 1997. In 2001, Summit Sourcing was restructured into Summit Nutritionals International, which manufactures raw materials for the pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and food industries.[16]

Diplomatic Positions

On 3 October 2014, DePaço was appointed as Honorary Consul of the Portuguese Republic in Florida, based out of the city of Palm Coast.[17][18] In 2017, DePaço organized the first-ever raising of the Portuguese flag at a government building in Florida, at the Palm Coast City Hall.[19]

DePaço was a finalist for the New Jersey Corporate Citizen of the Year award in 2014, for his and his company's dedication to philanthropic works, particularly those in regards to supporting local law enforcement.[20]

In 2020, DePaço became a member of the advisory board for the Portuguese Criminology Association.[21]

In May 2020, DePaço resigned from his position as Honorary Consul, citing irreconcilable differences with the Portuguese Ambassador to the United States, Domingos Fezas Vital, on matters concerning Portuguese national interest and foreign policy, stating that “I leave because I cannot compromise my principles and I will not overlook unacceptable conduct.”.[22]

Dismissal as Consul of Cape Verde to Palm Coast, Florida

In January 2021, Caesar DePaço was dismissed from the position of Honorary Consul of Cape Verde in Florida,[7] his connection to the CHEGA! Portuguese political party having become a scandal in the country. CHEGA!'s connection to far-right anti-immigration individuals in Portuguese society was regarded negatively in Cape Verde media.[23][24] At the time he was appointed, Cape Verde already had a consul in Florida.[25]

His wife, Deanna Padovani-DePaço, remains as Honorary Consul of Cape Verde to New Jersey.[9] In an article in January 2021, newspaper "A Nação" questioned the case of a husband and wife being both appointed to as consuls, writing "This is the first time Cape Verde has ever nominated a couple, husband and wife, to consulates in the same country, at once, to different states in the U.S.A". According to a diplomatic source to the Cape Verdian "A Nação" (The Nation) this "could be considered a case of influence peddling and corruption".[10]

Philanthropy

DePaço is has been recognized, primarily across the United States, but also in Europe, for his philanthropic work involving law enforcement in the United States, Portugal, and France.[26][27][28][29] His work has primarily centered around sponsoring or donating K-9 dogs to local police forces across the United States and Europe, including the Guarda Nacional Republicana of Portugal and the Police Nationale of France.[30][31][32] Following the November 2015 Paris terrorist attacks, DePaço donated a dog to the French National Police.[33][34][35]

In July 2018, the Municipality of Madalena bestowed its golden key to DePaço, in recognition of his philanthropic work and for his contributions to the Azorean community.[36][37]

DePaço has been made an honorary police officer by the Daytona Beach Police Department, Point Pleasant Beach PD, Linwood PD, DeLand PD, Beachwood PD, and Holmdel Township PD, primarily for his work in support of police forces across the United States.[38] DePaço has also been made honorary chief of police of Hillsborough Township PD, police commissioner of Peapack-Gladstone, New Jersey, deputy sheriff of Bristol County, Massachusetts, as well as an honorary deputy of the sheriff's offices of Flagler County, Florida and Morris County, New Jersey.[citation needed]

Allegations involving CHEGA Political Party in Portugal

Portuguese news outlets, including SIC Notícias, one of the largest news channels in the country, and news magazine Visão, have noted that Caesar DePaço mantains ties with Chega!, a far-right Portuguese party, having made at least one donation of a substantial sum.[39][40] Photographs posted on social media have shown DePaço with party leader André Ventura, and in party rallies.[41] On 11 January 2021, SIC aired an exposé titled A Grande Ilusão, asserting that DePaço had donated a total sum of over 10 thousand euros (the maximum allowed by Portuguese law), as well as highlighting connections of party leaders (namely José Lourenço, President of the party's Porto district section, and Diogo Pacheco de Amorim, the party's vice-president) to the DePaço Foundation, established in 2020 (after this was pointed out to them, some of the information was removed from the Foundation's website, where the list of all involved was publicly available).[40]

The day after the exposé was aired, Luís Filipe Tavares, Cape Verdean Foreign Minister, presented his resignation, reportedly over his links to DePaço (who he had recently made Honorary Consul of Cape Verde) and the Portuguese far-right party.[42][43]

References

  1. ^ Despacho n.º 12562/2014 (Ministério dos Negócios Estrangeiros - Direção-Geral dos Assuntos Consulares e das Comunidades Portuguesas) - Diário da República n.º 198/2014, Série II de 2014-10-14
  2. ^ Diário de Noticias - Caesar de Paco
  3. ^ a b "Consulates in the US – Embassy of Portugal". www.embassyportugal-us.org. Archived from the original on 15 May 2019. Retrieved 22 February 2017.
  4. ^ FC Porto - Boxe Azul e Branco Tem Novo Patrocinador
  5. ^ LusoAmericano - Rescaldo da Breve mas Frutuosa Visita do Cônsul Caesar DePaço a Portugal
  6. ^ ZeroZero - FC Canelas 2020
  7. ^ a b c "Governo vai exonerar Caesar DePaço como Consul na Florida - Política - Início". santiagomagazine.cv (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  8. ^ "MNE de Cabo Verde pede demissão após saber que cônsul financiou partido de Ventura". TVI24 (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  9. ^ a b anacao.cv https://anacao.cv/2021/01/17/diplomacia-cabo-verde-apanhado-em-relacoes-perigosas-com-a-extrema-direita-portuguesa/. Retrieved 23 January 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  10. ^ a b anacao.cv https://web.archive.org/web/20210129233825/https://anacao.cv/2021/01/17/diplomacia-cabo-verde-apanhado-em-relacoes-perigosas-com-a-extrema-direita-portuguesa/. Retrieved 23 January 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  11. ^ Renascença (26 January 2021). "Wikipédia pressionada a "limpar currículo" de empresário apoiante do Chega - Renascença". Rádio Renascença (in European Portuguese). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Ex-cônsul que quer apagar ligações ao Chega em guerra com a Wikipédia". www.cm-tv.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  13. ^ "Nota pública de esclarecimento de César do Paço". ionline (in Portuguese). 15/04/2021. Retrieved 2021-04-20. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  14. ^ a b "Nota Pública de César do Paço". Portuguese Times (2555). Portuguese Times: 3. 20 April 2021. Cite error: The named reference ":7" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  15. ^ a b "Uma vida entre os negócios e a ajuda aos portugueses". www.dn.pt (in Portuguese). Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  16. ^ "César DePaço - O português que lucrou com as "vacas loucas" - Summit Nutritionals International ®". summitnutritionals.com.
  17. ^ "Portuguese Consulate in Palm Coast - Palm Coast - Palm Coast Observer". 12 June 2016.
  18. ^ "Message from the Consul".
  19. ^ Palm Coast Observer - Palm Coast City Hall becomes First in Florida to Raise Portuguese Flag
  20. ^ "Caesar DePaço, Ph.D. - NJ Corporate Citizen of the Year Finalist - Summit Nutritionals International ®". summitnutritionals.com. Archived from the original on 1 July 2017. Retrieved 2 June 2017.
  21. ^ Associação Portuguesa de Criminologia - Conselho Consultivo
  22. ^ Flagler Live - Caesar DePaço, Portugal’s Honorary Consul in Palm Coast Since 2014, Resigns Indignantly
  23. ^ "O Embaixador Político, o Cônsul Honorário e as desculpas de mau pagador - Entrelinhas - Início". santiagomagazine.cv (in Portuguese). Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  24. ^ "PressReader.com - Your favorite newspapers and magazines". www.pressreader.com. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  25. ^ anacao.cv https://anacao.cv/2021/01/24/consules-honorarios-cabo-verde-tinha-dois-representantes-para-o-mesmo-territorio-nos-eua/. Retrieved 27 February 2021. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  26. ^ "N.J. couple treks around U.S. donating K-9 dogs (PHOTOS)".
  27. ^ Call, The Morning. "PICTURES: Bethlehem introduces 2 new police dogs".
  28. ^ "City of Norfolk - Donation of a K-9 Dog to the City of Norfolk from Dr. Caesar DePaço and Mrs. Deanna Padovani-DePaço".
  29. ^ Readout, Stacey (18 March 2015). "Portuguese Consulate donates K9 to Flagler Sheriff".
  30. ^ "K9 'Jax' joins Flagler County Sheriff's Office".
  31. ^ 1156 (3 April 2015). "Sheriff Jones Assigns New K9 Deputy". Butler County Sheriff's Office. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
  32. ^ YourNewsLocal - Peru Police Department K-9 Unit Statistics
  33. ^ "Cônsul Honorário de Portugal em Palm Coast oferece cão pastor alemão ao governo francês". LusoAmericano (in Portuguese). Newark, New Jersey. 2 December 2015. Archived from the original on 28 May 2016.
  34. ^ "French National Police Accept Donation of Police K9 - Summit Nutritionals International ®".
  35. ^ Gerber, Carson. "Dog training facility replaces police dog killed in Paris terror attacks".
  36. ^ Consulado de Portugal em Palm Coast - Cônsul Honorário Dr. Caesar DePaço recebe Chave de Honra do Município de Madalena, nos Açores
  37. ^ Consulado de Portugal em Palm Coast - RTP – Concelho da Madalena homenageia emigrante
  38. ^ Luso Americano - Caesar DePaço é ‘Agente Honorário’ em Daytona Beach
  39. ^ Carvalho, Miguel (12 January 2021). "Os empresários e as redes que apoiam Ventura" [The businessmen and networks that support Ventura]. Visão (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  40. ^ a b Coelho, Pedro (11 January 2021). "Grande Reportagem SIC - "A Grande Ilusão: cifrões e outros demónios"". SIC Notícias (in Portuguese). Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  41. ^ Carvalho, Miguel (21 May 2020). "Chega, SA: por dentro do Reino de "Deus" Ventura". Visão (in Portuguese). No. 1420. pp. 29–39.
  42. ^ "Luís Filipe Tavares pede demissão" [Luís Filipe Tavares resigns]. A Nação (in Portuguese). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  43. ^ "Cabo Verde: Ministro dos Negócios Estrangeiros demite-se depois de polémica com cônsul ligado ao Chega" [Cape Verde: Foreign Minister resigns over controversy with consul with links to Chega]. Observador (in Portuguese). 12 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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