William flies into Falkland service

Britain’s prince william has begun a deployment to the falklands with the Royal air Force angering argentina which lays claims to the islands He’s there on a six week tour as a search and rescue helicopter pilot Britain has also sent one of its newest and most powerful warships to the region Williams’s presence is contributing to growing tensions between Buenos Aires and london as the thirtieth anniversary of Argentina’s invasion approaches Well clearly the argentine government and uh a lot of Argentine people do see that as a provocation Uh it it it really has I think uhm upset them and uhm obviously there is nothing that are going to be able to do about it In the venezuelan capital Caracas a region summit of left wing South American leaders hosted by Hugo Chavez heard calls for stronger action against the UK over the Falklands I think we need to move to more concrete forceful decisions Latin american sanctions against Great britain for example and pulling out of the Inter-American treaty for Reciprocal Assistance The ten week long Falklands war of thirty years ago cost the lives of six hundred and fifty argentine troops and more than two hundred and fifty British personnel