Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc have backed Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.

Argentina has hit out at the decision to send England's Prince William to serve as an RAF helicopter pilot in the Falklands saying he will wear “the uniform of a conquistador”.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has again let fly at Tony Blair, telling the Prime Minister to keep out of his country’s affairs.