Correo Argentino
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 The Buenos Aires Central Post Office building. |
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| S.A. overview | |
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| Formed | 1748 |
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| Jurisdiction | National |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires |
| Motto | 10 años abrazando la Patria |
| Employees | 16,000 (2012) |
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| Parent department | Ministerio de Planificación Federal de Argentina |
| Website | correoargentino.com.ar |
Correo Oficial de la República Argentina Sociedad Anónima, mostly known as "Correo Argentino" (since it was privatized in 1997) is the state-owned company that covers the postal service in Argentina.
On 14 May 1514 the "Correo Mayor de Indias", headquartered in Lima, Peru was created. Under the mandatte of Carlos III of Spain the post service became part of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata depending of the Kingdom of Spain. With the commercial activity increasing considerably, it was decided to create a post service at Buenos Aires. Domingo Basavilbaso made the arrangements to establish a post service in the region. It would be managed by a senior lieutenant designed by the head office at Lima.
On 1 July 1769, the service began its activities officially. Through the years it extended to the cities of Potosí and Santiago (Chile). Bruno Ramírez was the first postman of Argentine post, when the profession did not still exist in the country. Ramírez officially became post employee on 14 September 1771. Years later that would be promulgated as the Day of Postman in Argentina.
Post service in Argentina played a key role during the May Revolution because of orders and reports from the Primera Junta were distributed through letters. The first manager of the service was Melchor de Albín, designed in June 1810.
In 1826, during the presidency of Bernardino Rivadavia, the service was nationalised by a Law passed by the Congress of Provincias Unidas del Río de la Plata. Since then, the post service was named "Dirección General de Correos, Postas y Caminos", being Juan Manuel de Luca in charge. De Luca remained during 32 years, being succeeded by Gervasio Antonio de Posadas. It was Posadas who placed the first post boxes in the city of Buenos Aires, apart of writing the rules for postmen and establishing lower prices for post rates.
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