Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal União Postal das Américas, Espanha e Portugal | |
Abbreviation | UPAEP |
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Formation | 1911 (1911) |
Founded at | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Type | Regional organization |
Headquarters | Montevideo, Uruguay |
Fields | Postal, mail |
Official language | Spanish and Portuguese (official languages) |
Secretary General | Roberto Cavanna |
Website | www |
The Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (Spanish: Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal; Portuguese: União Postal das Américas, Espanha e Portugal; UPAEP) is a regional association of the postal authorities in Latin America, the Caribbean, the United States, Canada, Spain, and Portugal, headquartered in Montevideo. It was founded in 1911 as a restricted union of the Universal Postal Union.[1]
History
The UPAEP's predecessors include:
- Unión Gran Colombiana (1838): Ecuador, Venezuela, and Colombia.
- Lima Convention (1848): Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru
- Lima Convention (1864): Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, El Salvador, Peru, and Venezuela
- Bolivarian Postal Agreement (1911): Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela
The South American Postal Congress (Spanish: Congreso Postal Sudamericano) was held on 8 January 1911 with delegates from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela. The union was later renamed the Panamerican Postal Congress (Spanish: Congreso Postal Panamericano) in 1926, the American-Spanish Postal Congress (Spanish: Congreso Postal Americoespañol) in 1936, the Postal Union of the Americas and Spain (Spanish: Unión Postal de las Américas y España) in 1966, and the Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal in 1990.
Member countries
The Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal consists of the following member postal administrations:
- Argentina (Correo Argentino) (1911)
- Aruba (Post Aruba) (1993)
- Bolivia (Empresa de Correos de Bolivia) (1911)
- Brazil (Correios) (1911)
- Canada (Canada Post) (1931)
- Chile (Correos de Chile) (1911)
- Colombia (Servicios Postales Nacionales) (1911)
- Costa Rica (Correos de Costa Rica) (1921)
- Cuba (Empresa de Correos de Cuba) (1921)
- Curaçao (CPost International) (1993)
- Dominican Republic (Instituto Postal Dominicano) (1921)
- Ecuador (Correos del Ecuador) (1911)
- El Salvador (General Postal Directorate) (1921)
- Guatemala (Correo de Guatemala) (1921)
- Haiti (Post of Haiti) (1931)
- Honduras (Honducor) (1926)
- Mexico (Correos de México) (1921)
- Nicaragua (Nicaraguan Postal Service) (1921)
- Panama (Correos y Telégrafos Nacionales de Panamá) (1921)
- Paraguay (Correo Nacional Paraguayo) (1911)
- Peru (Serpost) (1911)
- Portugal (Correios de Portugal) (1990)
- Sint Maarten (Postal Services Sint Maarten) (2014)
- Spain (Correos) (1926)
- Suriname (Surinaams Postbedrijf) (1978)
- United States (United States Postal Service) (1921)
- Uruguay (Correo Uruguayo) (1911)
- Venezuela (IPOSTEL) (1911)
See also
- Ibero-America
- Caribbean Postal Union
- European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations (CEPT)
- Universal Postal Union
- List of telecommunications regulatory bodies
References
- ^ ANACOM: Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP)
External links
- Official website
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- United States and Canada
- Latin America and the Caribbean
- Latin America
- Hispanic
- North America
- Northern
- Caribbean
- Central America
- South America
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Bahamas
- Barbados
- Belize
- Bolivia
- Brazil
- Canada
- Chile
- Colombia
- Costa Rica
- Cuba
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Jamaica
- Mexico
- Nicaragua
- Panama
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Trinidad and Tobago
- United States
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
- Anguilla
- Aruba
- Bermuda
- Bonaire
- British Virgin Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Curaçao
- Falkland Islands
- French Guiana
- Greenland
- Guadeloupe
- Martinique
- Montserrat
- Puerto Rico
- Saba
- Saint Barthélemy
- Saint Martin
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Sint Eustatius
- Sint Maarten
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- U.S. Virgin Islands