* Chile – a country with a business-like reputation and according to Standard & Poor´s an A-rating for political and economic stability  - low risk.

* “In the Country Risk Poll, published in March 2004 by Euromoney, Chile emerged as one of the world's best-positioned economies in a ranking based on surveys of senior international economists and sovereign risk analysts. Chile took 44th place out of 185 economies, with a score of 65.0 points (out of 100), with particularly outstanding marks in the indicators for Political Risk and Debt (18.1/25 and 8.38/10, respectively). (Argentine: rank 140)”

* The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), in its Business Environment Ranking for 2004-2008 has ranked Chile at 17th place. The EIU considers 70 factors across 10 categories and Chile is ahead of South Korea, Japan, China and Russia.

* Magazine AmericaEconomia’s survey of April, 2004, has ranked Santiago as the top city in Latin America for doing business.

* 2004 Corruption Perceptions Index: Chile’s country ranking 20 (USA: 17; Mexico: 64; Argentina 108).

* The Economist Intelligence Unit´s Quality-of-Life Index 2005: Chile 31, Mexico 31, Argentina 40.