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February 2021
InvestChile to meet principal Middle Eastern investment funds to promote concessions and green hydrogen
19 February 2021
The Middle East will be one of the focuses of Chile’s foreign investment promotion in the first quarter of this year. In line with this, the director of InvestChile, Andrés Rodríguez, will be meeting with five of the region’s main sovereign wealth funds, which together manage some US$1,423,000 million in assets. The meetings, starting on […]
InvestChile highlights Chile’s ranking as the Latin American country with most potential to attract foreign investment
08 February 2021
Chile led the Global Opportunity Index 2021, published by the Milken Institute, which identified it as the region’s most attractive country for foreign investment. InvestChile, the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, highlighted the results of the Milken Institute’s Global Opportunity Index 2021, which positioned Chile as the Latin American country with the greatest potential to […]
January 2021
InvestChile talks with Ibero-American authorities about the impact of public-private collaboration on economic recovery from the pandemic
27 January 2021
The guests included Xiana Margarida Méndez, Spain’s Secretary of State for Trade, Flavia Santoro, president of ProColombia, and María Peña, CEO of ICEX, Spain’s export and investment promotion agency. On Monday, the director of InvestChile, Andrés Rodríguez, participated in “The Key to Development in Ibero-America: PPC” a conference about the importance of public-private collaboration in […]
InvestChile portfolio of projects grows by 23% in 2020 to over US$21,000 million
25 January 2021
Despite the pandemic, the projects of overseas companies supported by the Agency increased by 20%, reaching a total of 495 initiatives at different stages of development. In the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic that is affecting the world and has had a negative impact on the global economy and investment, the portfolio of projects supported […]
InvestChile participates in online round table with members of AmCham
22 January 2021
During the event, representatives of the US companies discussed the challenges for the development of their businesses in Chile. InvestChile, the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, met with more than twenty representatives of US companies that are members of the Chilean-North American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in order to learn about challenges they face for the […]
InvestChile participates in online workshop on attraction of investment in Biobío Region
18 January 2021
The workshop was held to collaborate with the Region’s teams in generating capabilities for attracting investment in the area. InvestChile, the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency, participated in an online workshop with key actors from the Biobío Region to inform them about its work and talk about the opportunities that foreign investment can represent for the […]
Economy Ministry and InvestChile head seminar on foreign investment in Chile
15 January 2021
The event highlighted the key role that technology will play, with Microsoft, Google and Oracle implementing projects worth US$4,500 million during the next five years. President Sebastián Piñera; former President Ricardo Lagos; the Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Lucas Palacios; the Minister of Transport and Telecommunications, Gloria Hutt; the Minister of Public Works, […]
December 2020
Minister Palacios chairs meeting of Committee of Ministers for the Promotion and Attraction of Foreign Investment
23 December 2020
The Minister of Economy, Economic Development and Tourism, Lucas Palacios, chaired a meeting of the Committee of Ministers for the Promotion and Attraction of Foreign Investment. During the meeting, the recently appointed director of InvestChile, Andrés Rodríguez, reviewed the Agency’s main activities in 2020 and presented an analysis of the evolution of foreign investment in […]
President appoints new director of InvestChile
09 December 2020
The economist and business administrator Andrés Rodríguez Rowe was appointed through the Civil Service System. President Sebastián Piñera has appointed the economist and business administrator Andrés Rodríguez Rowe as the new director of the Foreign Investment Promotion Agency (InvestChile). The appointment was made through the Civil Service System. Rodríguez studied economics and business administration at […]
November 2020
The post-pandemic economy, innovation and digital talent take center stage at InvestChile’s first e-seminar
26 November 2020
The event “Chile: Re-boost to Investment and New Business Opportunities” focused on debate about the challenges facing the global and local economy in the context of economic reactivation; it also included the announcement of investments by overseas companies. The role of sustainability in Chile’s new constitution, the need to convert to working digitally, the challenges […]