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- AmeriSpan
- www.amerispan.com
- Information on language instruction throughout the Americas, including Chile.
- Automóvil Club de Chile
- www.automovilclub.cl
- Motorist organization that also provides services to members of overseas affiliates.
- Centers for Disease Control
- www.cdc.gov
- U.S. government page with travel health advisories.
- Chile Information Project
- www.chip.cl
- English-language site with daily Chilean news summaries and a useful travel section.
- Ciclistas Furiosos
- www.furiosos.cl
- Site for Chile’s militant bicyclists.
- Codelco
- www.codelco.cl
- Home page for the state-run copper industry, the country’s most important single exchange earner, in Spanish and English; includes information on tourist visits to Chuquicamata and the historic company town at Sewell.
- Comité de la Defensa de Flora y Fauna
- www.codeff.cl
- Well-established group oriented toward wildlife and habitat conservation.
- Corporación de Promoción Turística
- www.visitchile.org
- Public-private Chilean site in English and Spanish.
- Corporación Nacional de Desarrollo Indígena
- www.conadi.cl
- Official government page for indigenous affairs, in Spanish only.
- Corporación Nacional Forestal
- www.conaf.cl
- Official page of quasi-governmental agency in charge of Chile’s national parks and other protected areas; in Spanish only.
- Currency Converter
- www.oanda.com
- Present and historic exchange rate information.
- Defensores del Bosque Chileno
- www.elbosquechileno.cl
- NGO devoted to native forest conservation.
- Department of Health
- www.dh.gov.uk
- British government agency with country-by-country health advice.
- Department of State
- www.travel.state.gov
- Travel information and advisories from U.S. government; its warnings are often exaggerated.
- Easter Island Home Page
- www.netaxs.com/~trance/rapanui.html
- Thorough, reliable information on Chile’s remote Pacific landmark, with a large collection of useful links, though not everything is up to date.
- El Mercurio
- www.emol.com
- Santiago’s traditional daily newspaper, with conservative editorial line; in Spanish.
- Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE)
- www.efe.cl
- Official site of the state railway company, with complete info on passenger services.
- Escalada en Chile
- www.escalando.cl
- Site devoted to hiking and rock- and ice climbing in Chile; in Spanish and English.
- Estrategia
- www.estrategia.cl
- Santiago financial daily; in Spanish.
- Federación de Andinismo
- www.feach.cl
- Site devoted to climbing, including bureaucratic obstacles in sensitive border areas.
- Fundación Terram
- www.terram.cl
- Nonprofit promoting sustainable development.
- FutaFriends
- www.futafriends.org
- Nonprofit organization dedicated to preserving the Río Futaleufú.
- Gay Chile
- www.gaychile.com
- Portal oriented toward gays, lesbians, and bisexuals, including visitors to Chile; in Spanish, English, German, and French.
- Hostelling International Santiago
- www.hostelling.cl
- Chilean affiliate of Hostelling International, with information on hostels and activities throughout the country.
- Instituto Geográfico Militar
- www.igm.cl
- Chilean government agency in charge of mapping, map sales, and general geographic information.
- La Tercera
- www.latercera.cl
- Best of the Chilean tabloid dailies, serious but with a rigidly conservative editorial policy.
- Latin American Network Information Center—LANIC
- http://lanic.utexas.edu
- Organized by the University of Texas, this outstanding site has a huge collection of quality links to Chile and other Latin American countries.
- Metro Santiago
- www.metrosantiago.cl
- Site of Santiago’s state-of-the-art subway system.
- Renace
- www.renace.cl
- Alliance of Chilean environmental organizations.
- Sernatur
- www.sernatur.cl
- Chilean government tourism bureau; in Spanish and English.
- Transantiago
- www.transantiago.cl
- Site of Santiago’s rapidly reforming public bus system.
© Wayne Bernhardson from Moon Chile, 2nd edition
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