About Chile

Canada-Chile Relations
General Information
Sources of Commercial Information
Tourism
Directories
Government
Institutions
Selected Media
Sector Specifics

Note: Information sources on the web are numerous... we have indicated some addresses we think will be of interest to you, but this list is by no means exhaustive. We have provided the addresses of a number of directories through which you can access hundreds more interesting/useful sites. 

GENERAL INFORMATION

Brujula
Contains a useful list of Chilean web sites (Government, Tourism, Business, Culture, Main events, etc.)

LANIC
Contains information about Chile, its government, its history, its geography, and so on.

Reuna
Contains a list of Chilean web sites

Chilean Hotels
Guide to Chilean hotels

TOURISM IN CHILE

Sernatur
The Chilean national tourism board, contains useful information and internet links

GOVERNMENT

The Chilean Government Links
Brujula contains a series of useful information on Chile and links to the government structure (Spanish only)

Presidencia de la Republica
The Chilean executive branch (Spanish only)

Congreso Nacional de Chile
The Chilean legislative branch (Spanish only)

Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
The Chilean Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Spanish only)

Diario Oficial de la Republica de Chile
Information on laws, courts and public administration in Chile (Spanish only)

CONICYT
National Commission for Science and Technology (Spanish only)

SELECTED MEDIA

Chile Information Project (CHIP)
This general information site will give you an English summary of daily news

El Mercurio
Daily Chilean newspaper (similar to the Globe&Mail; or La Presse)

¿Que Pasa?
Current affairs magazine (similar to Maclean's or L'Actualité)

Editec
Sector specific magazine

Chile Minero
Chile mining magazine

SOURCES OF COMMERCIAL INFORMATION

Chile Information Project (CHIP)
This website, all in English, gives you a choice between:

• CHIP News
  a daily news summary, including sections with a special focus on business and mining;
• CHIP Trade and Investment
  overview of the Chilean economy; list of trade shows by sector of activity; sectoral overviews and links to Chilean Ministries and other relevant sources for each sector (while the end source may be in Spanish only, the CHIP pages provide a short English language summary of the type of information it provides)
• CHIP Travel
  a travel guide including information on Chile's national parks, ski conditions, etc.
• CHIP environmental report
• Fruit Online
  market information on fruit trade in Chile and around the world

Intertrade - The International Trade Book of Chile
Directory of Chilean importers and exporters with some trade statistics and a list of countries to/from which Chile exports/imports. In this site it is possible, among other things, to look up a Chilean firm and get information on its imports (eg. what products it imported, in which quantities, and from which countries).

Latin World
Directory of Internet resources on Latin America and the Caribbean. Through the "Chile" pages, you can access information on economy and finance (links to the Central Bank, a number of private banks, the stock market), as well as general information on culture, education and research, sports, travel, etc. While the Latin World Structure is in both English and Spanish, many of the end-documents/end sources offer information in Spanish only.

ProChile (English, with some information in Spanish only)
This is the Web site of Chile's Export Promotion Bureau (part of the Department of Foreign Affairs). It provides general information on Chile (its land, its people, etc.) as well as business oriented information (list of commercial agreements, investing in Chile under Decree Law 600, brief economic overview, Pro-Chile offices worldwide, and a by-product search function allowing the visitor to find Chilean firms exporting the product he/she is interested in.

Stock Market
Chile's stock market site

FISA
The Santiago international Fair, yearly.

Chile trade

University of Michigan Business School

DIRECTORIES... Where to find more interesting sites...

Yellow Pages
The Yellow Pages Directory for all Chile at your keyboard keys...

Chilean Web Index (Spanish)
Index of Chilean websites pertaining to wide variety of topics, including businesses and services, government, arts, conferences, Chilean regions, education, health services, tourism, etc.

Chile en Internet
Spanish language directory of websites in Chile, by topic (including business, economy and finance, education, Government and Public Enterprises, Regions and Cities of Chile, Arts & Culture, ...)

Business Directory
Database of Chilean companies

Business Directory (Spanish)
Directory provided by "Telefonica del Sur", including a business directory with access to companies' websites.

INSTITUTIONS

SOFOFA
Manufacturers federation

Santiago Chamber of Commerce
Trade information for subscribers

Fundación Chile
Business development

SECTOR SPECIFICS - AGRICULTURE

In the following websites, you will find a specific description of the entity, an outline of its objectives and the services it offers, the name of its executive directors, a list of its offices throughout the country. Unless otherwise indicated, the information is available in Spanish only.

Ministerio de Agricultura Chileno
Chile's Ministry of Agriculture

Odepa (Oficina de Estudios Politicos Agrarios)
Agricultural Studies and Policies Bureau; it is responsible for preparing and reviewing sector-related policies, supplying national and international information and data in support of the decision-making process of the agricultural agents and providing technical support to ministerial authorities.

INIA (Instituto de Investigación Agropecuaria)
Institute for agricultural research; it is responsible for the creation and development of technology and the transfer and divulgation of scientific/technological innovations among users.

Servicio Agrícola y Ganadero (SAG)
Agricultural and Livestock Service (equivalent of the Canadian Food Inspection Agency).

INDAP (Instituto de Desarrollo Agropecuario)
Institute for Agricultural Development; its objective is to promote and encourage the development and consolidation of small farmers. It provides technology transfer, financing and training programs for small and medium size farmers to enable them to improve their competitiveness and integration into the market.