17/07/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Commissioner for external relations, Chris Patten, defended himself for having somewhat let down Latin America, at a lunch on Monday with all the Latin-American ambassadors to the EU. Some days after the Spanish memorandum on the subject (see EUROPE of 12 July, p. 8), Chris Patten stressed that his ambition was to have a "realistic" policy, avoiding the "effects of announcements", limiting himself to what the Commission could actually manage. Chris Patten was...