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February 05, 2012
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Daily Chilean newspaper featuring articles on local and national news as well as culture and events. Written in Spanish, this is a good place to start becoming familiar with the language.
Sponsored through worldnews.com this website offers English articles concerning Chile as well as other South American countries.
El Mercurio is an online local newspaper in Valparaiso. Text is in Spanish.
Artmage is a fine arts link that advertises local exhibitions and has some online collections.
This is a multimedia collection of art from Chilean and Latin American artists and architects. The site includes visual images and descriptions of the art and artists in Spanish.
As a travel website you can find all kinds of tourism information including info on Chilean destinations and attractions around Santiago.
You can get all kinds of good information in English from this site, including environmental reports and travel tips. This website is also full of links that give you all kinds of groovy information (mostly in English).
Lonely Planet is always a great place to start reading and planning. You can search information about Chile or specifically in Santiago. It is written for travelers and contains lots of helpful info information.
The Chilean American Chamber of Commerce
Offers information on the recently formed Free Trade Agreement with Chile as well as smattering of information regarding, history, economics and various departments/opportunities sponsored by this Chamber of Commerce.
This is the homepage of the Chilean native author.
Official Valparaiso YMCA website. See photos of the facility and brush up on your YMCA lingo in Espanola.
Vina Del Mar is one of the wealthier communities near Val Paraiso that you will be visiting.
Embassy of Chile in the United States
Read about the National Dance the "cueca" and find information on Chile's flag and emblem.
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