Government1 (Chile)
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     Communists:
         The PCCh has legal party status and has less than 60,000 members
     Other political or pressure groups:
         revitalized university student federations at all major universities
         dominated by opposition political groups; labor - United Labor Central (CUT)
         includes trade unionists from the country's five largest labor
         confederations; Roman Catholic Church
     Member of:
         CCC, ECLAC, FAO, G-11, G-77, GATT, IADB, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICFTU, IDA, IFAD,
         IFC, ILO, IMF, IMO, INMARSAT, INTELSAT, INTERPOL, IOC, IOM, ISO, ITU, LAES,
         LAIA, LORCS, OAS, OPANAL, PCA, RG, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNMOGIP,
         UNTSO, UPU, WCL, WFTV, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
     Diplomatic representation:
         Ambassador Patricio SILVA Echenique; Chancery at 1732 Massachusetts Avenue
         NW, Washington, DC 20036; telephone (202) 785-1746; there are Chilean
         Consulates General in Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia,
         and San Francisco
       US:
         Ambassador Curtis KAMMAN; Embassy at Codina Building, 1343 Agustinas,
         Santiago (mailing address is APO AA 34033); telephone [56] (2) 671-0133; FAX
         [56] (2) 699-1141
     Flag:
         two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and red; there is a blue square
         the same height as the white band at the hoist-side end of the white band;
         the square bears a white five-pointed star in the center; design was based
         on the US flag