Brussels, 26/04/2001 (Agence Europe) - Whereas protests are heating up in Central America, speaking to MEPs on Tuesday, Commissioner Pascal Lamy defended the "historic" agreement concluded with the United States in view of ending the dispute over bananas (see EUROPE of 12 April, p. 7). The person responsible for the Union's trade policy assured his audience that European producers would not lose out and spoke of "compensating" Ecuador, whose support - far from gained - is primordial to...