Can I text to another country?

Okay my boyfriend just left to Cuba to visit family yesterday from miami and we both have iMessage/iphones I have virgin mobile will they charge me for international texting? Help? He text/imessaged me today and i don't know if to reply cause I'm scared they might charge me.

You can iMessage him, that's free

Imessage is free even internationally, it can send over Wi-Fi to if you can't use towers there.

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