The blasts occurred near the U.S. embassy in the Colombian capital Bogota after the arrival of U.S. President Barack Obama to the country to participate in the Summit of the Americas.Colombian police announced that two small bombs exploded two bombs on Friday evening near the embassy without causing any casualties or damage.He said a police source told AFP that two explosions in the evening with a bang in the street in the center of the capital, but he did not drop dead or wounded, there has been no damage.The explosions occurred shortly after the arrival of Obama to the Colombian city of Cartagena where he is scheduled to attend the Summit of the Americas in the city.Police said the blasts may have been the work of a leftist rebel group, the expression of its rejection of Obama's visit to Colombia.On the other hand, said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos Friday before Obama reception that Washington should return to the alliance with its neighbors in Latin America, rather than focusing on the conflict as far away as Afghanistan.Santos said before the arrival of Obama directly to Cartagena Ma United States realized that its strategic interests in the long run is not in Afghanistan or Pakistan, but in Latin America, there will be great results.Obama has won an enthusiastic reception at the last Summit of the Americas in 2009. But hopes of Latin America, among which was the U.S. rapprochement with the communist-ruled Cuba has largely dissipated, with a focus on the priorities of Obama's other world.Santos made the remarks during a speech to hundreds of business of the Meeting of North America and South America before the sixth summit of the Organization of American States attended by more than 30 heads of state in the historic port of Cartagena.
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