COTABATO CITY—A powerful homemade bomb exploded in a compound housing offices of the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao in this city, wounding one person, police said Saturday.

The blast on Friday came two days before Latin American ambassadors were scheduled to visit the city to scout for investment opportunities, officials said.

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