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.
Cartagena (Colombia) (AFP) - Opens Sixth Summit of the Americas on Saturday in the wake of the atmosphere of a strange series of small explosions coincided with the arrival of President Barack Obama, who wants to discuss with his counterparts in sensitive issues such as drugs and Cuba.And meet with leaders of the Organization of American States as of 1200 hours (1700 GMT) in the coastal city of Cartagena in the summit was originally allocated for regional integration and poverty reduction.The Colombian police announced that a number of small bombs exploded on Friday evening without causing injuries or damage near the U.S. embassy in Bogota and Cartagena far the arrival of Obama to the city by the deployment of about twenty thousand men safe.Did not cause these explosions, damage or injuries, according to the usual authorities to confront the crises in this nation which has been nearly half a century of conflict with the rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces Alcolomah and other armed groups.Saw the first visit by the Obama Columbia accident last amusing, was the withdrawal of several members of the elite in charge of protection because of "misconduct" after bring them closer than prostitutes.But all of these incidents did not stop the preparations for the summit that he intends to raise the U.S. president during the search for ways "to increase the trade" in Latin, which absorbs Amirkal originally forty percent of U.S. exports.Having been his Colombian counterpart Juan Manuel Santos to consider "the opportunities, not problems" in this area about half the population live in poverty.However, another topic on the agenda overwhelm a policy against the smuggling of drugs, which give rise to controversy in Central America, killing more than twenty thousand people in incidents linked to gangs smuggling last year.He called the leaders of this region of Colombia and Mexico to organize a small meeting on Saturday morning before the summit of understanding in the face of the United States the first country to consuming cocaine in the world.He ruled out the U.S. president's controversial ballot drug legislation in the country hired eight billion dollars since 2000 to combat the smuggling of this article in Latin America.Obama said the Colombian television station Caracol on Thursday evening, "I do not think that drug legislation is the appropriate response, but I respect the challenge that governments feel it", calling for "fruitful dialogue" in this regard.As he seeks to win the votes of Spanish-speaking population of about fifty million in the United States in the presidential elections in November next, will the U.S. president to use diplomacy to address the issue of Cuba sensitive.With the exception of Canada, all participants in the hopes that Obama allowed the presence of the communist island meetings of the organization that I missed it since the suspension of its membership in 1962, the year in which Washington imposed economic embargo.And demand is expected to lead Argentina Falkland or Malvinas archipelago after thirty years of war against Britain, to close ranks against him.These issues, which made the Caúktan Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa to boycott the summit, the meeting can enter ihraam of a final statement, as happened in 2009 under pressure from the radical left in Latin America.It may not be available for one of the main representatives of this current Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez this time the opportunity to make their voices heard because he remained in Cuba Saturday for follow-up treatment against cancer.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. judge that he should claim to provide more evidence to support accusations that the son of Equatorial Guinea received millions of dollars illegally to live in a luxurious including the purchase of aircraft and luxury cars and memorabilia belonging to pop singer Michael Jackson.Said George Wu, U.S. District Court judge on Thursday that he will reject the attempt to claim the confiscation of property Teodoro Nguema Obiang to Manjui son of Equatorial Guinea has long Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo.But a provision contained in the seven-page said that Wu had agreed at the same time to allow prosecutors to strengthen their complaint further supporting facts.She noted a spokeswoman for the Department of Justice that the judge gave the 60-day deadline to amend the complaint and prosecutors will do so.Obiang and works the Son and the minister of forests and agriculture in the poor country in West Africa, where 70 percent of the population below the poverty line. Obiang Jr. and receive a salary of about $ 6800 per month.However, prosecutors said in the United States that Obiang bought the estate in Malabo $ 30 million and aircraft Gulfstream at $ 5.38 million dollars and the things a memorial to Jackson $ 1.8 million with money obtained illegally through bribes and money laundering are different.Obiang's lawyers asked to dismiss the complaint Qaúlat the prosecution failed to support his claims adequately and that Obiang won the concession to collect wood in his country that made him rich
Said the Russian Foreign Ministry said the 15-member Security Council, "almost agreed" on a draft resolution on sending an observer mission to Syria and that the vote on the project site for later Saturday.The ministry said in a statement that "the UN Security Council members agreed almost on a draft resolution on the deployment of observers from the United Nations in Syria."And will vote the 15 members in the Council at 1500 GMT in New York on a draft resolution allowing the deployment of observers in Syria to monitor the cease-fire after talks between the Russians and the difficult Westerners.Shortly before that rejected the United States ambassador to the United Nations, Susan Rice, who holds the council presidency, to predict the outcome of the vote.Russia also called on all parties to the Syrian commitment to the special envoy of the UN and the Arab League to Syria, Kofi Annan, "strictly" and criticized the attacks by opposition forces.The Russian Foreign Ministry "All parties, including the Syrian armed opposition immediately stop the violence and respect for the Annan plan strictly."The ministry said "yesterday in Hama terrorists killed an officer in the Syrian army and blew up the shell and threw explosives at a military patrol, and recorded similar incidents in the cities of Syria, the other."
