AN ACR B767 FLC RPTS BEING CLRED DIRECT TO A POINT IN FOREIGN AIRSPACE ONLY TO FIND THAT THE CTLR APPARENTLY MEANT FOR THEM TO PERFORM THE SID.

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CLRNC DELIVERY GAVE US A ROUTING OF MARCIA 2 DEP TO BOSTON; THEN FLT PLANNED RTE. AFTER ENG START; GND CTL ISSUED A NEW CLRNC: AFTER TKOF DIRECT MARCIA; MARCIA 260 DEG RADIAL 70 DME; DIRECT USABA. SINCE THE MARCIA 2 DEP HAD SPECIFIC HEADINGS AND RADIALS INBOUND TO MARCIA; I EMPHASIZED DURING READBACK THAT WE WERE CLRED DIRECT MARCIA. GND CTL ROGERED MY READBACK. AFTER TKOF WE FLEW DIRECT MARCIA. UPON ARR AT MARCIA; DEP CTL CALLED US TO TELL US THERE WAS A PUBLISHED ROUTING TO MARCIA AND PROCEEDED TO READ THE MARCIA 2 ROUTING TO US. THE CAPT STRONGLY EMPHASIZED THAT OUR CLRNC WAS DIRECT MARCIA; NOT THE SID. DUE TO LANGUAGE DIFFICULTIES; I'M NOT SURE HE (THE CTLR) REALLY UNDERSTOOD THE PROB. THE PROB; AS I SEE IT; IS ONE OF LANGUAGE. I AM NOT SURE THE GND CTLR UNDERSTOOD THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE WORD 'DIRECT.' I AM NOT SURE HE PICKED UP ON MY STRONG EMPHASIS ON THE WORD 'DIRECT' IN THE READBACK. IN VIEW OF THE ACR ACCIDENT AT CALI; I FEEL IT IS IMPORTANT TO CALL ATTN ONCE AGAIN TO CTLR QUALIFICATIONS IN SOUTH AMERICA. LANGAUGE AND STANDARD ATC PROCS SEEM REMEDIAL IN THIS PART OF THE WORLD. FINAL NOTE: BEFORE FLYING DIRECT MARCIA AS CLRED; WE REVIEWED ALL CHARTS TO ENSURE SAFE TERRAIN CLRNC WAS AVAILABLE.