Schedule 13D

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

SCHEDULE 13D
(Rule 13d-101)
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

CHILE FUND INC.

(Name of Issuer)
 
COMMON STOCK, WITHOUT NOMINAL (PAR) VALUE

(Title of Class of Securities)
 
168834109

(CUSIP Number)
 

Andrés Vezspremy
Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones de Provida, S.A.
Pedro de Valdivia 100, 9th Floor
Sanitago, Chile
362-351-1187


(Name, Address and Telephone Number of
Person Authorized to Receive Notices
and Communications)
 
July 25, 2003

(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)


     If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box . o

     Note. Schedules filed in paper format shall include a signed original and five copies of the schedule, including all exhibits. See Rule 13d-7 for other parties to whom copies are to be sent.







CUSIP No. 00709P108 13D  

1 NAME OF REPORTING PERSONS

A.F.P. Provida S.A. on behalf of the pension funds under its management
2 CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP
(a) N/A
(b) N/A
3 SEC USE ONLY

4 SOURCE OF FUNDS

00
5 CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEM 2(d) or 2(e)

N/A
6 CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION

Santiago, Chile
NUMBER OF SHARES
BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY
EACH REPORTING PERSON
WITH
7 SOLE VOTING POWER

2,374,199
8 SHARED VOTING POWER

0
9 SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER

2,374,199
10 SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER

0
11 AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON

2,374,199 shares
12 CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
N/A 
13 PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)

23.41%
14 TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON

CO





Item 1. Security and Issuer

Item 1(a). Title of Class of Equity

     Chile Fund Inc. common stock (the “Shares”)

Item 1(b). Address of the Issuer’s Executive Offices

     c/o Credit Suisse Asset Mgmt, LLC
     466 Lexington Avenue
     New York, NY 10017

Item 2. Identity and Background

Item 2(a). Name of the Person Filing

     The name of the person filing this statement is A.F.P. Provida S.A. (“Buyer”) on behalf of the pension funds under its management. A.F.P. Provida S.A.’s ultimate controlling shareholder is Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (“BBVA”) a company incorporated under the laws of the Kingdom of Spain. BBVA is a global financial group with a leading position in the Spanish market and throughout Latin America. BBVA’s principal business address is Plaza de San Nicolás 4, 48005 Bilbao, Spain.

     The name, business address, present principal occupation or employment and citizenship of each director and executive officer of A.F.P. Provida S.A. and BBVA is set forth on Schedule A.

Item 2(b). Address of Principal Business Office

      Pedro de Valdivia 100, 9th Floor
      Sanitago, Chile

Item 2(c). Principal Occupation and Employment

      Management of Chilean Pension Funds

Item 2(d). Criminal Proceedings

     During the last five years, none of Buyer, and to the best of Buyer’s knowledge, BBVA or any of the persons listed on Schedule A attached hereto, has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding traffic violations or similar misdemeanors).

Item 2(e). Civil Proceedings

      During the last five years, none of Buyer, and to the best of Buyer’s knowledge, BBVA or any of the persons listed on Schedule A attached hereto, has been a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body of competent jurisdiction and as a result of such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject, to federal or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

Item 2(f). State or Place of Organization

      Santiago, Chile

Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

      Contributions of Chilean individuals who holds pension fund accounts with A.F.P. Provida
      Amount: US$21,887,916





Item 4. Purpose of Transaction

     Increase amount of investments in Chilean Stocks

Item 5. Interest in Securities of the Issuer

(a)   Number and Percentage of Shares Beneficially Owned by Buyer: 2,374,199 (23.41%)
       
    Except as set forth in this Item 5(a), none of Buyer, and, to the best of its knowledge, BBVA or any persons named in Schedule A hereto owns beneficially any Shares
       
(b)   Powers: No. of Shares
       
    Buyer’s Sole Power to Vote  
    Or to direct the vote: 2,374,199
       
    Buyer’s Shared Power to Vote  
    Or to direct the vote: 0
       
    Buyer’s Sole Power to Dispose  
    Or to direct the vote: 2,374,199
       
    Buyer’s Shared Power to Vote  
    Or to direct the vote: 0
       
(c)   Description of Buyer’s Transactions:
       
    Identity of Person Provida          
      Pension    Trade No.        Price   Where
      Fund          Date Securities         and How
                   
    AFP Provida S.A. A Fund - 05/28/03 107,351   US $ 9.0000   NYSE,
    on behalf of the D Fund - 05/28/03 120,842   US $ 9.0000   Block Trade
    pension funds B Fund - 05/28/03 150,413   US $ 9.0000   Arranged by
    under management C Fund - 05/28/03 984,294   US $ 9.0000   UBS
      C Fund - 07/08/03 2,900   US $ 9.1828   Warburg
      C Fund - 07/09/03 1,100   US $ 9.2777    
      A Fund - 07/18/03 205   US $ 9.4245    
      B Fund - 07/18/03 2,635   US $ 9.4245    
      C Fund - 07/18/03 14,827   US $ 9.4245    
      C Fund - 07/21/03 1,932   US $ 9.4245    
      C Fund - 07/25/03 821,018   US $ 9.7000    
      B Fund - 07/25/03 148,082   US $ 9.7000    
                   
(d)   Others with the right or the power to receive or to direct the receipt the dividends:
     
    Inapplicable
     
(e)   Date when the reporting person ceased to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the class of securities:
     
    Inapplicable

Item 6. Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with Respect to Securities of the Issuer

      Inapplicable





Item 7. Material to be Filed as Exhibits

      None

* * *

      By signing below, A.F.P. Provida S.A. on behalf of the pension funds under management certifies that, to the best of it’s knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect.

     A.F.P. Provida may be deemed the beneficial owner for purposes of this statement of the securities described in Item 1 by virtue of this holding of such securities for the benefit of its pension fund clients by their separate accounts. These shares are acquired in the ordinary course of A.F.P. Provida’s pension fund management business, and not with the purpose or effect of changing or influencing control of the issuer. The filing of this statement should not be construed as an admission that A.F.P. Provida is, for the purposes of Section 13 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the beneficial owner of these shares.





SIGNATURE

     After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones Provida,
  S.A.
     
     
By:  /s/ Joaquin Cortez
 
  Name: Joaquin Cortez
  Title: Chief Investment Officer

Dated: September 8, 2003






SCHEDULE A

CONTROLLING PERSONS, DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF A.F.P. PROVIDA S.A.

     The name and present principal occupation or employment of each of the directors and executive officers of A.F.P. Provida S.A. (“Buyer”), are set forth below. The business address for each of the foregoing persons is Pedro de Valdivia 100, 9th Floor, Sanitago, Chile. Unless otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth opposite an individual’s name refers to Buyer.

Name Present Principal Occupation Country of Citizenship



Directors    
Antonio Martinez-Jorquera Lloveras Chairman of the Board of Directors Spain
Miguel Angel Poduje Sapiain Vice-Chairman; Poduje law firm Chile
Julio Gilsanz Arrola Director Spain
Jesus Maria de las Fuentes Arambarri Director Spain
Fernando Leniz Cerda Director; Businessman Chile
Jose Maria Ayala Vargas Director Spain
Maximo Pacheco Matte President, International Paper Latin Chile
  American Ltd.  
Alberto Pulido Cruz Partner, Philippi, Yrarrazabal, Pulido & Chile
  Brunner law firm  
     
     
Name Present Principal Occupation Country of Citizenship



Executive Officers    
(Who Are Not Directors)    
Gustavo Alcalde Chief Executive Officer Chile
Juan Carlos Reyes Chief Operation Officer Chile
Joaquin Cortez Chief Investment Officer Chile
Carlo Ljubetic Chief Commercial Officer Chile
Gonzalo Pizarro Human Resources Manager Chile
Arnaldo Eyzaguirre Auditor Division Manager Chile
Maria Paz Yanez Planning and Control Division Manager Chile
Gabriel Galaz Accounting and Consolidation Division Chile
  Manager  
Andres Vezspremy General Counsel Chile

     The name and present principal occupation or employment of each of the directors and executive officers of Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, S.A. (“BBVA”), are set forth below. The business address for each of the foregoing persons is Plaza de San Nicolás 4, 48005 Bilbao, Spain. Unless otherwise indicated, each occupation set forth opposite an individual’s name refers to BBVA.

   Name Present Principal Occupation Country of Citizenship



Directors    
Francisco González Rodríguez Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Spain
José Ignacio Goirigolzarri Tellaeche President and Chief Operating Officer Spain
Jesús María Caínzos Fernández Vice Chairman Spain
Juan Carlos Álvarez Mezquíriz Co-Chairman, Grupo Eulen Spain
Richard C. Breeden Chairman, Richard C. Breeden & Co. United States
Ramón Bustamante y de la Mora Director, Ctra. Inmo. Vasco-Aragonesa, Spain
  S.A.  
Ignacio Ferrero Jordi Chairman, Nutrexpa, S.A. Spain
Román Knörr Borrás Chairman, Carbónicas Alavesas, S.A. Spain





Ricardo Lucasa Suárez Chief Executive Officer, Banco Popular Spain
  Español, S.A. until 1999.  
José Maldonado Ramos Secretary of the Board of Directors Spain
Gregorio Marañón y Bertrán de Lis Chairman, Productos Roche, S.A. Spain
Enrique Medina Fernández Directors and Secretary, Sigma Enviro, Spain
  S.A.  
Susana Rodríguez Vidarte Dean of Duesto “La Comercial” University Spain
José María San Martín Espínos Director and Managing Director, Spain
  Construcciones San Martín S.A.  
Jaume Tomás Sabaté Chairman, Arbora Holding, S.A. Spain
Telefónica de España, S.A. (*) N/A N/A
      * Represented by Mr. Angel Vilá Boix    
     
     
Name Present Principal Occupation Country of Citizenship



Executive Officers    
(Who Are Not Directors)    
José María Abril Pérez Managing Director, Wholesale and Spain
  Investment Banking  
Eduardo Arbizu Lostao General Counsel Spain
Ángel Cano Fernández Managing Director, Human Resources and Spain
  Services  
Manuel González Cid Managing Director, Finance Division Spain
Julio López Gómez Managing Director, Retail Banking Spain Spain
  and Portugal  
Manuel Méndez del Rio Managing Director, Risks Spain
Vitalino Nafría Aznar Managing Director, America Spain
Ignacio Sánchez-Asiaín Sanz Managing Director, Systems and Control Spain
José Sevilla Álvarez Head of the Office of the Chairman Spain