Daniele Pistolesi Says Big Plans Were All a Sham

Pistolesi contacted us to tell the previously unknown story of investors in the failed project who were “sold a dream” by Giannini and his cohorts, and offer his help in rehabilitating Belize’s international image as a result of association with this scandal. Pistolesi says that the images generated by Giannini of the Blue Hole were a major selling point – but ultimately, it was just that: image and not reality.

On the Phone: Daniele Pistolesi, Invested in Puerto Azul

“Mister Giannini, we spoke about Belize and had a plastic, very expensive plastic in his office in Lugano of your island and your Blue Hole to show to the clients and to me all the projects as Puerto Azul was just built. He was [trying to] sell Puerto Azul in Belize [as if] it was real, but there wasn’t nothing.”