Frutas autóctonas
1. Acerola (Malpighia glabra): propiedades medicinales

2. Achiote (Bixa orellana): propiedades medicinales

3. Agrás o mortiño (Vaccinium floribundum): salsa 1

4. Aguacate o palta (Persea americana): ajiaco, arroz, bebidas 1, 2, 3, ensaladas 1, 2, 3, gelatinas 1, 2, guacamole, huevos 1, pasteles 1, pasta 1, 2, postres 1, 2, rellenos 1, 2, 3, sopas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, tacos; propiedades medicinales: grasas

5. Aguaje o canangucho (Mauritia flexuosa): jugos 1, propiedades medicinales

6. Anón (Annona cherimola)

9. Anón amazónico (Rollinia mucosa)

7. Anón colorado (Annona reticulata)

8. Anón liso (Annona glabra)

10. Arazá (Eugenia stipitata): propiedades nutritivas

11. Asaí (Euterpe oleracea): propiedades medicinales

12. Avichure (Brosimum utile)

13. Babaco (Carica pentagona): propiedades medicinales

14. Babasú (Orbignya phalerata)

15. Bacau (Theobroma bicolor)

16. Bacurí, goherica o ko (Platonia insignis)

17. Badea, quijón, taxo o tumbo (Passiflora quadrangularis): bebidas 2

18. Balatá (Manilkara bidentata)

19. Borojó (Borojoa patinoi): bebidas 1, propiedades medicinales y nutritientes, super energetizante, es llamado el viagra colombiano

20. Cacao (Theobroma cacao): brownies 1, cocteles 1, helados 1, 2, 3, pasteles 1, 2, 3, 4, postres 1, 2, 3, 4, tiramisú 1, 2, trufas 1, 2, propiedades antioxidantes

21. Cacay o inchi (Caryodendron orinocense)

22. Caimarona o uva de monte (Pourouma cecropiifolia)

23. Caimitillo (Pouteria speciosa)

24. Caimito (Pouteria caimito)

25. Caimito morado (Chrysophyllum cainito)

26. Caimito verde (Chrysophyllum argenteum)

27. Caimo (Pouteria macrophylla)

28. Camajorú (Sterculia apetala)

29. Camasey (Clidemia hirta)

30. Camu camu (Myrciaria dubia): propiedades medicinales

31. Canistel (Pouteria campechiana)

32. Capulín (Muntingia calabura)

33. Carare o guayaba de danta (Bellucia grossularioides)

34. Castaña amazónica (Couepia longipendula)

35. Castaña de agua (Bombacopsis glabra)

Lulo (Solanum quitoensis)

84. Lúcuma (Pouteria lucuma): gelatinas 1, 2, helados 1, 2, pasteles 1, postres 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

85. Lulo o naranjilla (Solanum quitoensis): bebidas 1, 2, gelatinas 1, postres 1, 2

86. Lulo amazónico, cocona o túpiro (Solanum sessiliflorum): bebidas 1

87. Madroño (Rheedia madruno)

88. Mamey (Pouteria sapota): bebidas 1, 2, 3, 4, postres 1, 2, 3, propiedades medicinales

89. Mamey de Cartagena (Mammea americana)

90. Mamey colorado (Calocarpum mammosum)

91. Mamoncillo (Melicoccus bijugatus)

92. Maní o cacahuate (Arachis hypogaea): galletas 1, 2, 3, 4, mantequilla 1, pipian, postres 1, salsas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, sopas 1, 2, 3; propiedades nutritivas

93. Manirito (Annona jahnii)

94. Manzana de amor (Solanum mammosum)

95. Maracuyá o parchita (Passiflora edulis): bebidas 1, 2, 3, gelatinas 1, helados 1, 2, pasteles 1, 2, postres 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, salsas 1, 2; propiedades medicinales

96. Marañón (Anacardium occidentale)

97. Mirajó (Patinoa almirajo)

98. Mora de Castilla (Rubus glaucus)

99. Mora de Bogotá (Rubus bogotensis): gelatinas 1, helados 1, postres 1

100. Nanche (Byrsonima crassifolia)

101. Níspero o chicozapote (Manilkara zapota): postres 1, 2

102. Níspero de monte o cutite (Pouteria macrocarpa)

103. Nolí, noli o ñoli (Elaeis oleifera)

104. Nuez de Brasil (Bertholletia excelsa)

105. Nuez de monte (Juglans neotropica)

106. Nuez suari (Caryocar nuciferum)

107. Ocorí o tamaco (Acrocomia aculeata)

108. Ojoche o mojú (Brosimum alicastrum)

109. Olla de mono o sapucaya (Lecythis minor)

110. Paco (Grias cauliflora)

111. Pacora (Gustavia superba)

112. Pajurá (Parinari montana)

113. Papaya o lechosa (Carica papaya): bebidas 1, 2, ensalada 1, propiedades medicinales y valor nutricional

114. Papayuela (Vasconcellea cundinamarcensis): postres 1

115. Papayón (Jacaratia spinosa)

116. Papayón de monte (Jacaratia digitata)

117. Pepino melón (Solanum muricatum)

118. Piña o ananás (Ananas comosus): bebidas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, gelatinas 1, pasteles 1, 2, 3, 4, postres 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, salsas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, tabule, propiedades medicinales

119. Piñuela (Bromelia karatas)

120. Pipa (Chrysophyllum oliviforme)

121. Pitaya (Hylocereus triangularis): propiedades medicinales

122. Pitaya roja (Hylocereus undatus)

123. Pitomba (Talisia esculenta)

124. Punama (Oenocarpus bacaba)

125. Sachamango (Grias peruviana)

126. Seje (Oenocarpus oligocarpa)

127. Soncoya (Annona purpurea)

128. Sorva (Couma utilis)

129. Tagua (Phytelephas macrocarpa)

130. Táparo (Attalea allenii)

131. Tarumá (Vitex pseudolea)

132. Tomate de árbol o tamarillo (Solanum betaceum): propiedades medicinales

133. Tomatillo (Solanum sisymbriifolium)

134. Tripona (Passiflora tiliifolia)

135. Trupa (Oenocarpus bataua)

136. Tupirillo (Solanum stramonifolium)

137. Uchuva o alquejenje (Physalis peruviana): propiedades medicinales

138. Ucuqui (Pouteria ucuqui)

139. Usiña (Chrysophyllum venezuelanense)

140. Uvilla (Cissus sicyoides)

141. Vainilla (Vanilla planifolia)

142. Zapote o chupa chupa (Matisia cordata): postres 1

143. Zapote blanco o morey (Casimiroa edulis)

144. Zapote de mico (Pouteria viridis)

145. Zapote enano (Diospyros inconstans)

146. Zapote negro (Diospyros digyna)

147. Zapotolongo (Pachira aquatica)

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Tamarindo (Tamarindus indica)
Se cultiva en la costa caribe de Colombia

Las frutas aclimatadas son aquellas que no son originarias de Colombia sino que provienen de otros países o continentes y se han adaptado muy bien a los climas y suelos del país. Inclusive algunas de ellas han desarrollado nuevas especies, como el banano (banano bocadillo) o la naranja (naranjita).

Frutas aclimatadas de África
1. Banano, banana, cambur, guineo o plátano (Musa cavendishii): bebidas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, helados 1, 2, 3, pasteles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, postres 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, propiedadeslink

2. Banano bocadillo (musa acuminata)

3. Melón (Cucumis melo): postres 1, 2, 3, propiedades nutritivas

4. Melón cantalup (Cucumis melo cantalupensis): valor nutricional

5. Sandía o patilla (Citrullus lanatus): bebidas 1, gelatinas 1, propiedades dietéticas y nutrientes

6. Tamarindo (Tamarindus indica): bebidas 1, gelatinas 1, pasteles 1, salsas 1, 2, 3, propiedades medicinales

Frutas aclimatadas de Asia
1. Albaricoque, chabacano o damasco (Prunus armeniaca) - China: albóndigas 1, bebidas 1, 2, gelatinas 1, 2, postres 1

2. Árbol del pan (Artocarpus heterophyllus) - India

3. Breva o higo (Ficus carica) - Irán: bebidas 1, gelatinas 1, postres 1, 2, 3, 4, propiedades y nutrientes

4. Carambola (Averrhoa carambola) - Indonesia: bebidas 2, postres 1

5. Durazno o melocotón (Prunus persica) - China: gelatinas 1, postres 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, valor nutricional

6. Durián (Durio zybethinus) - India

7. Fruta de Jack (Artocarpus altilis) - Indonesia

8. Granada (Punica granatum) - Irán: propiedades medicinales

9. Grosella (Phyllanthus acidus) - Indonesia

10. Limón amarillo (Citrus limon) - Irán: propiedades medicinales

11. Limón tahití o lima (Citrus aurantifolia) - Irán: arroz con leche, bebidas 1, gelatinas 1, 2, 3, helados 1, 2, pasteles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, pastas 1, 2, postres 1, 2, 3, 4

12. Mandarina (Citrus reticulata) - Indonesia: bebidas 1, 2, 3, gelatinas 1, 2, pasteles 1, postres 1, salsas 1

13. Mango (Mangifera indica) - India: “ensalada de lemocha y postre de mango“, bebidas 1, 2, 3, gelatinas 1, 2, 3, helados 1, 2, 3, postres 1, 2, 3, 4, propiedades nutritivas

14. Mangostino (Garcinia mangostana) - Indonesia: propiedades medicinales

15. Membrillo (Cydonia oblonga): valor nutricional

16. Naranja (Citrus sinensis) - India: bebidas 1, 2, 3, ensaladas 1, gelatinas 1, 2, 3, helados 1, pato 1, postres 1, sopas 1

17. Naranjita (Fortunella margarita)

18. Nectarina (Prunus persica nectarina) - China

19. Noni (Morinda citrifolia) - Indonesia: propiedades medicinales

20. Pera de Malaca (Syzygium malaccensis) - Indonesia

21. Pomarrosa (Syzygium jambos) - Indonesia

22. Toronja o pomelo (Citrus maxima) - Indonesia: ensaladas 1, mariscos con toronja 1, 2, 3, postres 1, 2

Frutas exóticas de Asia
1. Bilimbi (Averrhoa Bilimbi) - Indonesia

2. Caqui (Diospyros kaki) - Indonesia: valor nutricional

3. Kabiki (Mimusops elengi) - India

4. Kiwi (Actinidia chinesis) - China: bebidas 1, 2

5. Lau lau (Eugenia megacarpa) - Indonesia

6. Lichi (Litchi chinensis) - China

7. Longán (Euphoria longana) - China

8. Loquat (Eriobotrya japonica) - China: valor nutricional

9. Pistacho (Pistacia vera) - Irán: helados 1, 2

10. Rambután (Nephelium lappaceum) - Indonesia

Frutas aclimatadas de Eurasia
1. Algarroba (Ceratonia siliqua): propiedades medicinales

2. Almendra (Prunus amygdalus): pastel 1, postre 1, valor nutricional

3. Arándano morado (vaccinium corymbosum)

4. Arándano rojo (Vaccinium oxycoccus): valor nutricional

5. Avellana: (Corylus avellana L.): valor nutricional

6. Cereza (Prunus cerasus): pasteles 1, valor nutricional

7. Ciruela (Prunus domestica): pasteles 1

8. Ciruela amarga (Prunus salicina)

9. Ciruela roja (Prunus cerasifera)

10. Frambuesa (Rubus idaeus): brownies, pasteles 1

11. Fresa o frutilla (Fragaria vesca): bebidas 1, 2, 3, helado 1, pasteles 1

12. Manzana (Malus domestica): bebidas 1, gelatinas 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, pasteles 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, postres 1, 2, 3, 4, valor nutricional

13. Nuez (Juglans regia): valor nutricional

14. Pera (Pyrus communis) - China: gelatinas 1, postres 1, 2, valor nutricional

15. Uva (Vitis vinifera): papilla, pasteles 1, sopas 1,

16. Zarzamora (Rubus fruticosus)

Frutas aclimatadas de Oceanía
1. Coco (Cocos nucifera): arroz 1, bebidas 1, 2, 3, cremas 1, gelatinas 1, 2, 3, mariscos 1, 2, pasteles 1, 2, postres 1, 2, 3, 4, nutrientes y propiedades medicinales

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*Frutas y esoterismo
*Propiedades medicinales
*Nutrientes - tabla

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I have a dream. 

I have a dream that one day my old boyfriend will see me out and about and I will look fabulous.  My short hair will look just like Natalie Portman’s cute pixie cut at the Oscars.  My butt will fabulously fill out a pair of casual Levis and my make-up will be so cleverly applied as to appear flawless.  I will look fabulously casual, confident, and sophisticated.  Strangers will silently walk by and think, "she is so fabulous looking that she doesn’t need fancy clothes! Or make-up! I’m so jealous." 

You know that old boyfriend?  The old boyfriend that even though you’re glad it didn’t work out and you didn’t marry him, you’d still like to see him suffer a little everyday because he was such an ass towards the end?  I have one of those old boyfriends. 

In my dream, the old boyfriend will have to do a double-take and secretly he will think, "damn, she looks good!  Why did we break-up?  That was the stupidest thing I’ve ever done."  Then he would go home and tell his mother how he regretted being a total ass when we were engaged and forcing me to break up with him. 

I have a nightmare. 

I have a nightmare that I will see my old boyfriend and look like complete and total shit.  In my nightmare, my prematurely gray hair is in desperate need of a dye job and my Natalie Portman cut looks more like a cross between Pat Benatar and Joe Dirt.  In this nightmare, which may have come true yesterday in the Osco drug pharmacy, I am growing a huge boil on my lip that looks like I took left hook to my mouth from my baby Daddy before he went away for 5-10.  In that nightmare, I just might be wearing an ill-fitting Old Navy t-shirt that has been pooped on, puked on and snotted up by two sick kids.  To complete the ensemble, I may have also been wearing black sweat pants with white sweat socks and  . . . oh, this is the worst part . . . clogs. 

I was looking fi-ine.  Any bridge-dwelling troll would have found me attractive. 

Right now, I bet he’s telling his buddies "whew, boys, really dodged a bullet on that one!"

As a nuisance part of this job, I work every fucking weekend occasionally have to work weekends.  This weekend, I’ve had to work both days, because I have an Eight Circuit brief due in the oh-too-near future. 

On Friday, our "office manager" (and by "office manager" I mean the senior partner’s wife, air quotes intended) finalized her plans for retirement.  As part of the festivities, the office bought her a huge butter cream chocolate cake.  There was a rather large portion of the cake leftover on Friday, so I was quite pleased on Saturday when I was able to enjoy my cakey-goodness alone in my office before delving into hours of blog reading research.  Because, really, who doesn’t need to know more about remititur, hmmm? 

The sole motivating factor for me to finish the first draft of this brief by Monday was the fact that I would get to have another piece of cake today.  Imagine my surprise when I walked into the break room this morning to discover that some fat asshole senior partner had beat me to the cake and eaten the last piece. 

It’s okay, though.  I got him back real good.  I dug the cake box out of the garbage and licked off the rest of the butter cream frosting off the bottom of the plate.  That’ll show him. 

link by Kim over at link really hit home with me when I read it over the weekend.  I felt sorry for Kim, left a comment and then went on with my day. 

And then it hit me.  Today, I get it.

One of the partners in my office found out about our year without shopping and came into my office to make fun of me today.  In a nutshell he said I was:

     (1)  a stupid liberal;

     (2)  too young to know any better;

     (3)  a hypocrite.

He waxed on about how when he was young, he lived on a commune, mixed his own peanut butter (what the fuck?), and wore "earth shoes."  But then, he had to grow up and live in the real world.  Someday I might like to join him.  I get it, at one point you had ideals and then you sold out for an Audi and alimony payments.  Fucking sellout. Then he called me an absolutist and judgmental. 

And you know what?  I might be all those things. 

The reason that we started compacting had nothing to do with the environment.  It had to do with money, plain and simple.  It just so happens that consuming less is also green.  We were given the opportunity to adopt a beautiful, four-year old girl from Pisingos and we had to say, "no" because of money.  And I will never be in that position again.  Ever.  I will never put our family in a position where we have to turn down a child because of money. 

Turning down a child because the child isn’t right for your family, or because your family isn’t ready for another child, or for whatever reason there might be is always hard.  But, turning down a child because of money is . . . just awful.  If we had turned down Daniela because we weren’t prepared to deal with her disability or because we weren’t ready for another child, I could walk away with some peace with that decision knowing at least that we had made the right decision for our family.  Money is just, just so stupid.  We could have prevented this.  If I had been more careful in the past we might not have had to say no.  If only. 

While attempting to quietly explain our reasons for compacting to the partner I suddenly and quite unexpectedly broke out into tears.  I don’t just mean quiet, soft tears of heartbreak.  I mean sloppy, wet, snot-dripping, body-racking, full-on crying tears of a grieving mother.  In a pathetic attempt to made up for his disgusting accusations, he said, "well, you know, you can’t save all of them.  You can’t make a difference to everyone." 

Maybe not.  But I could have made a difference to her. 

I may never forgive myself for putting our family in a position to turn Daniela’s referral down.  Perhaps our commitment to not shopping is my own veiled attempt at bargaining with God or whoever the fuck controls the universe to give me another chance.  Right now, I don’t know. 

What I do know is that right now, there is a little girl who will go to bed in dorm room.  Tomorrow, she will wake up and go to school.  And I wonder if anyone will ask her how her day at school was.  I wonder if someone will comb her hair before she goes to bed.  I wonder if anyone will notice how pretty she is and how perfect she smells.  And I wonder if someone will remember to give her two hugs and kisses before bedtime.  I wonder how long it will be before someone will mother her. 

If it means that I don’t own a new thing ever in my entire life, or if it means that we never shop again, I will never let this happen again. 

Ever. 

link asked how our new "no shopping" life was going, so I thought it was about time to update on our ridiculous totally sane commitment to Compact for one year. 

Everything is going surprisingly well.  We’ve been not-shopping for nearly two months.  Thus far, the biggest issues have been Diet Coke, haircuts and TP.  Yeah, that’s right . . . toilet paper. 

When we first started not shopping, I naturally assumed that TP would be exempt, because I mean, come on, what else are you going to use?  Well, apparently, there are some hardcore Compacters out there who are going no-TP.  As in, NO TOILET PAPER.  They use the aptly titled "poo rags" for back end hygiene. 

I’m just not the kind of girl that can re-wash a poo rag.  However environmentally unsound my addiction to TP might be, I simply cannot go without disposable paper products for cleaning my derriere. 

My first home haircut went off with a few hitches, which my mother-in-law was able to remedy.  Honestly, I really miss the salon.  I miss my haircut lady, whatever her name is.  She’s dingy and spends way too much time talking about her Lothar of the Hill People boyfriend, but she gives damn good head. 

Last, but not least, I really miss Diet Coke.  There is a paralegal in my office that has a six-can-a day habit.  Her office is down the hall from mine and I can hear her crack a new one open about every hour or so.   Sometimes, right after I hear that sweet, crispy crack of a fresh can being opened, I walk by her office on the off-chance that I might catch a whiff of the bubbly effervescence.  I miss that tingly sensation when a few bubbles go up your nose on that first sip.  Oh, Diet Coke, how I miss thee. 

I’ve also learned that paralegals in our office are way overpaid, because she plays a lot of solitaire. 

Interestingly, I’ve learned a lot about myself in the last two months and I’ve learned a lot about my marriage.  Going cold turkey on shopping was exactly the re-direct that we both needed. 

Just a few months ago, I would justify our spending habits by saying, "I’m a working mom and I don’t have time to [make homemade gifts, can food, bake cookies, etc.]"  And I think society, in general, encourages the myth that spending money = saving time.  As link would say:  NOT TRUE.  Since compacting, I spend far more time with my kids and husband and all the things that I claimed I didn’t have time for have now become fun family things. 

When I think back to my favorite memories of my Grandmother, the things I remember are the things we’ve just started doing because of the Compact.  I remember standing on a chair and helping her cut noodles for homemade chicken noodle soup; cutting fresh dill from the garden for pickles; and use a cup to cut sugar cookies. 

My little man, Nicolas, loves Target as much as any red-blooded American.  Bless his little capitalistic heart.  What I want for him to remember about his childhood are the same things that I remember from my childhood and that doesn’t include learning that the best clearance buys are at the end caps at Target. 

My friend (and occassional commenter), Tanya, gave birth to a 7 pound 4 oz. baby girl at 3:30 this morning! 

Tanya and her husband waited a long time for this baby girl and went through several cycles of treatment as well as some losses — she’s been through the minefield like the rest of us. Congratulations, Tanya! 

I don’t have any photos of the baby yet, so in the meantime, you will have to enjoy some photos of my babies:

Recently, I link at a local university.  As of August 21 (One. Month. Ago.) they have been "considering" applications for the position that starts on January 8, 2007.  They’ve had my application for a whole month. 

Now, I don’t claim to be a hiring whiz or anything like that, but don’t you think they’d want to get moving?  I mean, come on!  Don’t they know I’m the perfect person for this job?  That I would do just about anything to get this job? 

Do you think it would help if I showed them my boobs? 

[tick, tick, tick]

Not so much, then?  You’re probably right, no need to whip all my assets out at once, heh?  Gotta save some of that goodness for tenure interviews. 

The map below shows the locations of the vetted recipient units from Colombia’s army, navy and air force.

The so-called "Leahy Law" is a provision that has appeared in the U.S. foreign aid bill every year since 1997. Named for its principal proponent, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), its purpose is straightforward. It states that if a foreign military unit includes people who have committed gross human-rights violations, and they are not being credibly investigated, tried or punished, then that unit cannot receive U.S. assistance.

The Leahy Law is not frequently invoked, though it has on occasion forced the U.S. government to refuse aid to army units in Colombia, or to cut off aid to units already receiving it (as happened in January 2003, when an air force command saw its aid cut off for non-cooperation with authorities investigating the 1998 Santo Domingo massacre).

In order to comply with the Leahy Law, the U.S. embassy in Colombia (and, presumably, in every country that gets military aid) must keep a database of individual military personnel who face credible allegations of human rights abuse, and must ensure that none of these names appear on the roster of a military unit being considered for U.S. assistance. This process is called "vetting" the unit.

We had never seen a list of which units had been vetted and approved for U.S. aid - until now. Thanks to the efforts of the link, we now have recent lists of all Colombian military and police units:

• That have been link, and
• That are link.

A few quick notes about these lists:

• If a unit does not appear on the list of approved units, that doesn’t necessarily mean that the U.S. government has refused aid for human-rights reasons. It does mean, however, that the unit is not getting U.S. aid.
• When the aid in question is training (as opposed to weapons, equipment or intelligence), the definition of "unit" becomes much more flexible. The U.S. government only considers the human-rights background of the individual who has been proposed for training. The individual is the "unit." It is conceivable, then, that an individual from a notoriously abusive unit can receive training, as long as his name does not appear in the vetting database.
• It was surprising to see the 11th Brigade listed. This unit is based in Montería, Córdoba, and its area of responsibility is one of the paramilitaries’ principal historic strongholds. Yet the 11th Brigade has almost no record of combating the paramilitary groups that operate in its midst.
• For the most part, other units that operate in paramilitary-heavy areas - the 17th (Urabá), the 4th (Antioquia), the 5th (Magdalena Medio and Catatumbo), the 14th (Magdalena Medio), and the 10th (Cesar) - do not receive assistance. Exceptions include the above-mentioned 11th Brigade, the 16th Brigade (Casanare), and naval units in Sucre.
• Many recipient army units are concentrated in the southern Colombian zone where the "Plan Patriota" offensive has been occurring (Caquetá, Meta and Guaviare departments, including the former demilitarized zone where peace talks with the FARC took place between 1998 and 2002). Another zone of concentration are the oil-producing departments of Arauca and Casanare. (In 2002, the U.S. Congress approved a Bush administration request for $100 million in military aid to protect an oil pipeline in Arauca.)
• Surprisingly, none of the military units in the department of Putumayo - where Plan Colombia began in 2000 - is receiving aid, with the exception of the Navy Riverine Battalion and an Army Counter-Narcotics Brigade that only spends some of its time in Putumayo.
• In the list of units cleared to use helicopters, "TF Omega" is the task force involved in the Plan Patriota offensive. "PCHP" stands for "Plan Colombia Helicopter Program."