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INSIDECOSTARICA.COM | CENTRAL AMERICA NEWS BRIEFS | Monday 24 January 2011

Cuba Cancels Mail Services to U.S. "Until Further Notice"

Havana - All the post offices in Cuba have stopped taking U.S.-bound mails "until further notice," the Cuban Post Company said on Friday.

The decision was made in response to the new security regulations imposed by the U.S. aviation authorities on all countries, the state-owned company said.

Because of the new U.S. security regulations, all letters from Cuba to the United States, carried by airlines of third countries, have been returned to the island nation.

The new development came after Cuba temporarily suspended on Christmas last year all U.S.-bound mails, except letters, after Washington took security measures against "air terror threats."

Direct mailings between Cuba and the United States have been suspended since 1963 because of the U.S. embargo against Cuba.

Mails and parcels between the two countries have to go through third countries such as Mexico and Canada and may take months to reach the receivers.

About 1.5 million Cubans and their descendants live in the United States.

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