Their faces concealed by scarves, a group of about 60 leftist activists armed with wooden batons, gathered outside of British banks in Buenos Aires with one very clear demand ---- return the Falkland Islands to Argentina.<br/> <br />They underscored their message to London by hurling paint bombs and rocks at HSBC bank's entrance.<br/> <br />Tension over the islands between Britain and Argentina is rising as the 30th anniversary of the war nears and as British companies drill for oil near by.<br/> <br />Compounding matters, for many of the Bolivarian Quebracho group, is Prince William's arrival. A Royal Air Forces sea and rescue helicopter pilot, the prince is expected to spend several weeks there on a tour of duty.<br/> <br />Fernando Esteche is the leader of the Quebracho Group.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE: LEADER OF LEFTIST QUEBRACHO GROUP, FERNANDO ESTECHE, SAYING (Spanish):<br/> <br />"At this time the Pirate Prince [in reference to Britain's Prince William] is already in Argentina, when we say Argentina, we mean the Malvinas Islands. On one side it is an aggression, a very sad day which hurts a lot, and an escalation in the provocations the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain has been doing in terms of the Argentina's and Latin America's claims over the Malvinas."<br/> <br />Britain refuses to negotiate with Argentina over its claim of sovereignty to the islands, which are called Las Malvinas in Spanish.<br/> <br />Deborah Gembara, Reuters.
