Cubans and foreigners residing in Cuba will now be able to receive international money orders of up to 1,000 dollars from Peru and Colombia, according to the Correos de Cuba Business Group.
The postal authorities of the three countries agreed to establish this service, “according to the provisions of the Money Order Agreement of the Universal Postal Union,” specifies a note from the Correos de Cuba quoted by the Agencia Cubana de Noticias (ACN) news agency.
The official note adds that “postal operators from Spain, Chile, Uruguay and the Dominican Republic are also incorporated into that agreement,” and affirms that “Correos de Cuba continues to carry out feasibility studies and negotiations with postal operators from other countries to expand that service.”
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In the case of money orders sent from Peru and Colombia, these may be collected the same day they are sent, “in any of the Correos de Cuba postal units that provide this service, for which recipients must only present their personal identification and the secret code sent by the sender,” according to the ACN, which published a list of the units enabled for collecting the money orders.
Among these are an office in each Havana municipality, as well as several in the country’s other provinces.
Cubanos ya pueden rastrear envíos de correo desde el extranjero
The Institutional Communication Department of Correos de Cuba invites its clients to contact the company through their phones, emails, mobile applications and profiles on social networks, to get information or “express their opinion on this or any other of the group’s services.” Also, it reminds that “money orders and other services can be tracked, comments can be made and responses can be received online” through its website (www.correos.cu).
The announcement of this new postal service comes at a time when the Cuban government is promoting a package of measures, which include the opening of new stores in freely convertible currency, whose objective is to contribute dollars and other currencies to the dwindling State coffers at a time when the island is going through a complex economic situation.
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