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"Hundreds in Buenos Aires province's town of San Andres de Giles on Wednesday, joined the traditional torchlight vigil, to honour the fallen during the 29th edition of Falklands War commemoration. Footage shows veterans, relatives of the fallen and locals walking through the streets with torches. Some of the attendees were seen wearing clothes reading: 'We will return' and 'Falkland Islands are Argentine' "What we do is keep it current, keep the flame alive, in tribute to our fallen, the flame of continuing to work to recover that unredeemed island archipelago, which is usurped and in the hands of a foreign power. This is how we must see Malvinas," said Carlos Montiel, a Falklands War veteran. "War is not good for anyone, neither for the one who wins nor for the one who loses," another veteran, Alberto Francisco Bava, added. "The message is that there should be no war." The vigil is part of a series of activities that take place throughout the country, with cultural proposals, live music and community gatherings that culminate in marches toward monuments and squares dedicated to the Malvinas. The gathering is held every year on the eve of Veteran and Fallen of the Falklands War Day, which is commemorated on April 2, a date that also marks the beginning of the armed conflict in 1982, when Argentina and the United Kingdom faced each other for 74 days over the sovereignty of the islands."
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