Click to play videoNew Delhi: A red carpet official welcome and rioting protesters greeted US President George W Bush as he visited Colombian capital Bogota.
He went for a show of confidence in President Alvaro Uribe and the country's battle against narco terrorists, but the visit was clouded by a political scandal involving Uribe, and security jitters had Bush staying only about six hours.
Over 50 Maya Indians sang revolutionary songs, some wearing traditional Mayan-style red devil masks, spray painting anti-Bush slogans on walls. They even marched past the US embassy to protest Bush's visit.
Worried about Chavez's growing anti-US influence, Bush has used the tour to try to improve ties with leaders of the right and moderate left in Latin America, where the Iraq war and US trade and immigration policy have made him deeply unpopular.
Colombia was the third country on the President's five-nation tour of Latin America.
He began his journey in Brazil, flew from Uruguay to Colombia and was headed later to Guatemala. His last stop is in Mexico before returning to Washington on Wednesday.
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