Day 066 - 14 Dec 94 - Page 39
1 MR. RAMPTON: Yes, read it first. You must assume we do not
2 speak Spanish.
3 A. It says -----
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5 MR. JUSTICE BELL: Just read it to yourself.
6 A. (The witness read out the document in Spanish) The
7 translation is that, I am sending you the format -----
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9 Q. Can you start again and do it slowly, please?
10 A. The translation is that, "I am sending you the format
11 with the information that I have. Procarne, which is the
12 local supplier of beef, will send the rest of the
13 information on Monday. Pork products, I do not have the
14 information because we are importing the product from the
15 US. Greetings, Eugenia".
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17 Q. Does that seem to you to explain why she has not answered
18 all the questions?
19 A. Yes.
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21 Q. In fact, we do not find a follow up in this section, I do
22 not think?
23 A. No, I do not see it.
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25 MR. JUSTICE BELL: We have all called him "Dr. Gonzales".
26 Dr. Gonzales, should you be called "Dr. Gomez", in fact?
27 A. Normally, that would be the tradition. But I do not
28 mind if you call me "Gomez" or "Gonzales"; that is fine
29 with me.
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31 MR. RAMPTON: It may cause a dreadful confusion in the
32 transcript.
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34 MR. JUSTICE BELL: You are happy staying with Dr. Gonzales, are
35 you not?
36 A. That is fine with me.
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38 MR. RAMPTON: In fact, what happens is you attach is it your
39 mother's name to your father's name?
40 A. That is correct. My father's last name is "Gomez" and
41 my mother's last name is "Gonzales".
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43 Q. You have been too polite to correct me; you should have
44 done so.
45 A. That is correct. I am still the same person!
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47 Q. Can we move from Guatemala, please, to Costa Rica?
48 A. Yes, can we take it one step back? I just noticed, and
49 because it is Spanish and because I know Eugenia, sometimes
50 there is confusion in the language and what we mean by the
51 questions, and when it says "product exported to" under
52 "beef" it says the "US, Mexico and the Caribbean", it is
53 actually the opposite; it is product imported into
54 Guatemala can come from US, Mexico or the Caribbean. I am
55 very familiar and I have spent numerous -- I have paid
56 numerous visits to that supplier and I have been to
57 Guatemala at least four or five times.
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59 Q. Go back to the Spanish on the previous page, please. I did
60 not quite catch it. Can you translate for us again the
