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 -----
     4
     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 -----
     8
     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".
    16
    17   Q.   Does that seem to you to explain why she has not answered
    18        all the questions?
    19        A.  Yes.
    20
    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.
    24
    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.
    30
    31   MR. RAMPTON:  It may cause a dreadful confusion in the
    32        transcript.
    33
    34   MR. JUSTICE BELL:  You are happy staying with Dr. Gonzales, are
    35        you not?
    36        A.  That is fine with me.
    37
    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".
    42
    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!
    46
    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.
    58
    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

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