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Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal União Postal das Américas, Espanha e Portugal | |
Abbreviation | UPAEP |
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Formation | 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 |
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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]
The UPAEP's predecessors include:
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.
The Postal Union of the Americas, Spain and Portugal consists of the following member postal administrations: