Correos de México
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| Company type | Government-owned corporation |
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| Industry | Courier |
| Founded | 1580 |
| Headquarters | Palacio de Correos de Mexico |
Key people | Purificación Carpinteyro, CEO [1] |
| Products | First-class and domestic mail, logistics [1] |
Number of employees | 21,824 |
| Parent | Government of Mexico |
| Website | correosdemexico.gob.mx |
Correos de México (formerly Servicio Postal Mexicano (Sepomex)) is the national postal service of Mexico.[1]
History
On February 17, 1907, President Porfirio Díaz founded the "Palacio Postal" (postal palace) also known as the "Quinta Casa de Correos" (Fifth postal house).[citation needed]
But Mexico had had a postal service since 1580. The office's main job was to communicate the viceroyalty of New Spain with the metropolis, Spain.[citation needed]
In 1921 Sepomex was need of an international regulatory and unified postal service, and the Mexican government participated in the formation of the "Unión Panamericana de Correos" (Panamerican Postal Union) in Buenos Aires. In 1931, Spain joined the union, which changed the name to "Unión Postal de las Américas y España" (American and Spain Postal Union.) In 1990, Portugal was added to the union, which again changed the name to "Unión Postal de las Américas, España y Portugal" (American, Spain and Portugal Postal Union).[citation needed]
In 1933, by presidential order, the Postal service took control of the telegraph service in Mexico, creating the office "Dirección General de Correos y Telegrafos." [citation needed]
In 1942, the president ordered the separation of the postal service and telegraph into two entities.[citation needed]
Reorganization
In 1986, the government gave autonomy to the Postal Service. This was in response to the need to improve the service, which was considered one of the worst in the world and was now facing competition from private companies.[citation needed]
In order to compete with the private postal services like DHL, UPS, FedEx, Multipack, Estafeta and others the postal service created a new entity, "Mexpost," more expensive than normal postal service but also more efficient working as a private company but still being part of the Mexican Postal Service.[citation needed]
Recent history
In 2008, President Felipe Calderón ordered the overhaul of Servicio Postal Mexicano and rebranded it as Correos de México. Along with a new name and new image, the agency was restructured helping to streamline operations, improve performance, and expand postal outlets to non-traditional locations like private businesses.[1]
See also
Sources and external links
- Official Site Template:Es icon
- Mexico's postal service looks to monopoly as a solution to its financial woes. By Day, Paul Publication: Business Mexico
Date: Wednesday, May 1, 2002
- Mexico may Bypass Mail for Overseas Vote Las Vegas Sun
- Going postal: little used and mistrusted, Mexico's state postal system works overtime to prove itself by Amy Guthrie. July, 2005
References
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