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This is a survey of the postage stamps and postal history of Cuba. Cuba is an island country in the Caribbean Sea. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital.
Sociedad Estatal de Correos y Telégrafos, S.A., S.M.E. [a] (lit. ' State Postal and Telegraph Company ' ), trading under the name Correos ( Spanish pronunciation: [koˈreos] ⓘ , "packages"), is a state-owned postal service and courier for Spain and Andorra , the latter bilateral with French-equivalent La Poste .
The establishment of Correos de Costa Rica gained momentum with the Costa Rican constitution of 1824, which mandates that the Congress of the Republic must open roads and carry posts and general mail. On December 10, 1839, via government decree, the first rulebook for mail was drafted and the “Servicio Nacional de Correos” was created. [2]
The Cuban Institute of Radio and Television (Spanish: Instituto Cubano de Radio y Televisión; ICRT) was the government agency responsible for the control of radio and television broadcasters in Cuba. On August 24, 2021, the institute ceased to operate and was replaced by the Institute of Information and Social Communication. [1]
El Paquete Semanal ("The Weekly Package") or El Paquete is a one terabyte collection of digital material distributed since around 2008 [1] on the underground market in Cuba as a substitute for broadband Internet. [2]
The Real y Suprema Junta de Correos, established by Royal Decree of December 20, 1776, was the unique court in the postal area, and any civil or penal litigation, was its concern in any of its territories. With the Bourbon reforms, also the postal services were transformed. In 1794 the Ordenanza General de Correos, Postas y Caminos was ...
Quivicán is a town and municipality in Mayabeque Province of Cuba. It is located in the south west of the province, bordering the Gulf of Batabanó. The name is of Taino origin (spelled Quibicán). [4] It was founded in 1700. [1]
Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja (19 January 1960 [1] – 1 July 2022) was a Cuban military general, businessman and politician. [2] He was the head of Cuba's state-run enterprise GAESA and has been described as one of Cuba's most powerful people. [3]