Prince deployment raises Falklands tensions

CNN's Dan Rivers reports on the simmering Argentine-British tensions over the Falklands Islands as a royal visitor arrives.

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Long standing sovereignty tensions between Britain and Argentina have been inflamed by the deployment of Prince William of Wales on the Falkland Islands.

The British colonised the islands, building the capital Port Stanley in 1843 despite Argentina's insistency of sovereignty. Today, the residents of the Falklands identify themselves as British.

But in Argentina anti-British riots are being held amid reports the government is planning an economic blockade.


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