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FILENAME:	3334_1420_1343
TOPIC#:		346
DATE:		911030
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qo          A.1 utt1:  {D Well, } what do you know about Latin American policies? /  

sv          @B.2 utt1:  <Breathing>  {D Well, } I think they're kind of ambivalent, really.  /
sv          @B.2 utt2:  {F Uh, } I just have a feeling that we've kind of talked out of both sides of mouths down there like we do in some other situations --   

b          A.3 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

+          B.4 utt1:  -- {D you know. } /  

x          A.5 utt1:   /
o@          A.5 utt2: {F Huh. }   

sv          B.6 utt1:  [ [ We, + we don't know, ] + half the time we don't know ] who to support. /  

+@          A.7 utt1:  Are you, {F uh, } relating this, {F uh, } to the, {F uh, } affair we've got going on in Haiti right now? /  

na          B.8 utt1:  That, and, {D you know, } [ maybe it's, + maybe it's  ] tough for a big powerful nation to deal [ with, + with, ] {F uh, } countries like that that depend on us so much --   

b          A.9 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.10 utt1:  -- without, {D you know, } [ just telling them, + running their country for them ]  /
%          B.10 utt2: {C but, } -/  

ba          A.11 utt1:  [ That, + that's ] just it. /  

sv          B.12 utt1:  It's got to be tough,  /
sv          B.12 utt2: {C but, }  {E I mean, } {F uh, } {F uh, } [ you sure, + you still ] have to, {D you know, } let them know how you feel. /  

aa          A.13 utt1:  Right,  /
sv          A.13 utt2: I guess my concern, <child_talking> {D you know, } [ no matter which, + no matter which ] side we take <child_talking>, we're going to have supporters and we're going to have, {F uh, } antisupporters, I guess, for lack of better term,  /
aa          A.13 utt3: {C and, }  {F uh, } like  you said, they're such small countries, that we're bound to upset somebody,  /
sv          A.13 utt4: {C but } we seem to be lacking the ability to take a stance. /  

aa          B.14 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.14 utt2: it worries me that, {F uh, } the economy of so many countries [ in, + in ] South America and Central America depend on something that damages people, [ like the, + {D you know, } like ]  cocaine --   

b          A.15 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.16 utt1:  -- from Columbia,  /
sv          B.16 utt2: {C and } --   

b          A.17 utt1:  Right. /  

+          B.18 utt1:  -- {F uh, } <breathing>, {D you know, } of course [ I, + I'm ] sure we have some enemies down there who wouldn't care what happened to us,  /
sv          B.18 utt2: [ {C but } -- +    

aa          A.19 utt1:  That's true. /  

+          B.20 utt1:  -- {C but } ] [ that is, + that's ] a tough deal,  /
%          B.20 utt2: {C and } it, - /
%          B.20 utt3: I don't think that, - /
sv          B.20 utt4: [ maybe I, + maybe it's, ] {D you know, } I'm reflecting how I feel about it,  /
sv          B.20 utt5: {C but } I have a feeling [ that we, + that we ] really don't understand basically [ [ the, + the, ] + the ] competing factions <laughter> in lot of those countries  /
sv          B.20 utt6: {C and } --   

aa          A.21 utt1:  Sure. /  

+          B.22 utt1:  -- {E I mean, } they've been hammering  ((   )) , for the last, you know, ten centuries,  /
sv          B.22 utt2: {C and } it's still going on,  /
sv          B.22 utt3: {C and, }  {F uh, } [ we, + we ] dabble in it just enough to make both sides angry at us some how,   

x          A.23 utt1:  <Laughter>.   

+          B.24 utt1:  some times, /  

aa          A.25 utt1:  Yep,  /
aa          A.25 utt2: that's about the lump sum of it.  /
sd          A.25 utt3:  {D Well, } {F um, } I was speaking with [ a, + a  ] woman  /
sd          A.25 utt4: [ from, + I believe she was from  ] the Honduras or Guatemala, or somewhere in there,  /
ar          A.25 utt5: no,  /
sd          A.25 utt6: she was from El Salvador -- /  

b          B.26 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sd          A.27 utt1:  -- {C and, }  {F uh, } she was from a relatively wealthy family,  /
sd          A.27 utt2: {C and } when, {F uh, } the Contras came into power, of course with, - /
t1          A.27 utt3: {F uh, } {F oh, } gosh darn, what's his face,  /
sd          A.27 utt4: he's [ in, + in ] Florida jail now,  /
qy^d          A.27 utt5: Marcos -- -/  

ny          B.28 utt1:  Yeah,  /
ny^r          B.28 utt2: yeah. /  

ar          A.29 utt1:  -- {F uh, } no,  /
sd          A.29 utt2: [ he's, + Marcos is ] Philippines, /  

aa          B.30 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          B.30 utt2: {F um, } {D well, } I'm blank <laughter> on it. /  

qy^d          A.31 utt1:  {D Well, } you know who I'm talking about. /  

na          B.32 utt1:  I can see his face  ((   ))  forget his name <laughter>. /  

b          A.33 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sd          A.33 utt2: [ I, + I ] know it, {F uh, }  /
sv          A.33 utt3: anyway, when he came into power, he basically just took everybody's property, {D you know, }  just assigned it to himself. /  

aa          B.34 utt1:  Yeah,  /
sv          B.34 utt2: kind of nationalized it --   

b          A.35 utt1:  Right -- /  

+          B.36 utt1:  -- for himself, /  

aa         A.37 utt1:  -- right,  /
sd          A.37 utt2: [ {C and, } + {F uh, } {C so } ] she's been a real strong supporter of the Sandinistas and has been trying to back the U S government in that respect,  /
sv          A.37 utt3: {C and } in that respect I have to agree that I think we're taking the right stance --   

b          B.38 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.39 utt1:  -- {F uh, } because they were a democracy turned, {F uh } -- -/  

^2          B.40 utt1:  Dictator, -/  

aa          A.41 utt1:  -- yeah,  /
aa          A.41 utt2: right -- /  

b^r          B.42 utt1:  Yeah. /  

sv          A.43 utt1:  -- basically a dictator fascist. -/  

sv          B.44 utt1:  {C And } it seems like those countries are so easily susceptible to that kind of thing,  /
sv          B.44 utt2: [ it just -- +   

aa          A.45 utt1:  Sure. /  

+          B.46 utt1:  -- {D you know, } unstable. ] -/  

qo          A.47 utt1:  {D Well, } what do you think of, {F uh, } this, {F uh, } U S free trade agreement we're working on with Mexico? /  

sv          B.48 utt1:  {D Well, } I think it's long overdue -- /  

b          A.49 utt1:  Uh-huh. /  

%          B.50 utt1:  -- {F uh, } I just, {D you know, } - /
sv          B.50 utt2: there's so much difference [ in, + in ] the economies of the two countries, [ I'm not, + {D you know, } I have ] a problem, {F uh, } with whether it's going to work or not, {D you know, }  /
%          B.50 utt3: [ there's, + {F uh, } it seems like there's, ] - /
%          B.50 utt4: {C and }  I, - /
sv          B.50 utt5: this may be unfair to Mexico,  /
sv          B.50 utt6: {C but } it seems like there's a lack of honesty [ in, + in ] foreign policy a lot of the times. /  

aa          A.51 utt1:  Uh-huh,  /
%          A.51 utt2: Mexico, - /
sv          A.51 utt3: [ [ [ they're, + I know they're trying, ] + they're really trying, ] + the Mexican government is trying, ]  /
sv          A.51 utt4: {C and } a lot of the larger Mexican businesses are trying to, <breathing> {F oh, } make themselves Americanized, I guess --    

b          B.52 utt1:  Yeah. /  

+          A.53 utt1:  -- [ and, + ] {F uh, } which is great because that's what they basically need to do.  /
sv          A.53 utt2:  The big problem with the United States is we have our basic nine to five schedule --   

b          B.54 utt1:  Yeah -- /  

+          A.55 utt1:  -- {D you know, }  /
sd          A.55 utt2: {C and } --   

b          B.56 utt1:  -- yeah. /  

+          A.57 utt1:  -- we don't have the Siesta,  /
sv          A.57 utt2: {C and } [ there's, + ]  the cultural differences [ [ is what's, + is what's kind of, ] + it's what's really ] hurting, {F uh, } the Mexican people, because they've had their way of life,  /
sv          A.57 utt3: {C and } we've had our way of life,  /
%          A.57 utt4: {C and, }  {F uh, } -/  

sv          B.58 utt1:  I think [ their, + their ] version of the good old boy network going that, - /
%          B.58 utt2: {F uh, } {D you know, } has a lot, -/ 
