Romero_Trial_Transcript_8_25_04_53_2

8-25-04 Trial Transcript
23 associate at the -- well, it's in Spanish. A university in
24 Venezuela in Caracas from 1977 to 1979.
25 I believe you testified that you met a number of
KARL - D
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1 Salvadorans that were in exile there at that time. Is that
2 when you began your research interest on El Salvador?
3 A. Yes. And I was living in Caracas. And Caracas had, at
4 that time, not that Venezuela had, at that time, a Christian
5 Democratic Party, very important Christian Democratic Party
6 and a very important Social Democratic party.
7 Those two parties had extensive contacts with the
8 Christian Democratic Party of El Salvador, and with an
9 affiliated Social Democratic Party in El Salvador, which meant
10 there was a constant flow of people from El Salvador to
11 Venezuela because of their very close relationships.
12 Now, the other thing that's important is that some of
13 those people were actually in exile and actually lived in
14 Venezuela. So they came partly because of their contacts with
15 the Venezuelans, but they also came because some of El
16 Salvador's leading figures, particularly Duarte, were actually
17 living in exile in Venezuela at that time.
18 So it was a real center of the Democratic opposition
19 to military rule in El Salvador. So I didn't have to go very
20 far.
21 Q. All right.
22 Your Honor, we will be seeking to qualify Professor
23 Karl as an expert in a number of related areas. Maybe if I
24 could identify those in that line now, and then we will turn
25 to the bases for her opinions in this matter for which we
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