Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom said on Monday that the American countries will change after the Summit of the Americas because they had an important political approaching for the first time.

News reports from Guatemala City quoted Colom as saying in a press conference that the fifth Summit of the Americas was of political character for the first time, and that the most important was the approaching among all countries of the continent.

The fifth Americas summit, attended by leaders from 34 countries of the West Hemisphere, was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on April 17-19.

Colom said the summit was a "very important" historic event because it marked the transformation in which all countries of the continent were involved.

A great spirit of transformation in the region appeared eight years ago when some countries from Latin America and the Caribbean began to put human beings first before economy, according to Colom.

He said the summit was a "productive generator of important changes" and marked the beginning of "strong winds of continental harmony."

Colom rejected reports that there were divisions among the 34 leaders during the summit because they had not reached consensus on the final declaration.

"There was no division. Many countries preferred not to sign (the final declaration) because it was a technical document prepared 18 months ago," said Colom.

A final declaration of commitment at the summit failed to get unanimous support, as some countries had "reservations" about some elements of the document, according to Prime Minister Patrick Manning of Trinidad and Tobago.

Prior to the summit, leaders of Venezuela, Bolivia, Nicaragua and Honduras had threatened to "veto" the document.