Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal

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]

Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal
Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal
União Postal das Américas, Espanha e Portugal
AbbreviationUPAEP
Formation1911 (1911)
Founded atMontevideo, Uruguay
TypeRegional organization
HeadquartersMontevideo, Uruguay
FieldsPostal, mail
Official language
Spanish and Portuguese (official languages)
Secretary General
Roberto Cavanna
Websitewww.upaep.int

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:

See also

References
  1. ANACOM: Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal (PUASP)
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