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Chavez and his allies also used the ALBA meeting to make a statement condemning violence in Syria, which they said had been fomented by foreign powers including the U.S. The group also backed Argentina on Saturday in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands. The dispute heated up recently when Prince William, a Royal Air Force helicopter pilot, was assigned to the islands on an upcoming military tour along with a warship in the run-up to the 30th anniversary of Argentina's April 1982 invasion, which sparked a 10-week war. Argentina, which claims Britain stole the archipelago from it 180 years ago, calls them the Malvinas Islands and has protested the British deployment. Chavez and other leader condemned Britain's stance.
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