Argentina Considering Amending Law On Movable Public Holidays

Sources: La Capital (Mar del Plata) and Argentina public holidays (qppstudio.net). During yesterday's visit of Argentina's President, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, to Mar del Plata, the topic of the upcoming Día de la Raza public holiday was raised. Advisers close to the President, speaking off-record, said that there was a high likelihood ("hay muchísimas chances") that the President would approve the creation of a day in lieu public holiday on Monday, October 13, 2008, to compensate for the fact that this year's Día de la Raza public holiday falls on a Sunday, and considering what a success the recent August 18 public holiday long week-end was.

In Argentina, the observance and dates for the Día de la Raza public holiday are regulated by laws 23.555 and 24.455 which mandate that the public holiday's observance be moved to the nearest Monday if October 12 falls mid-week, but keeps the October 12 date if that date falls on a week-end.