Chile Switches To September 17 Bicentennial Public Holiday

Sources: Cámara de Diputados de Chile (Santiago) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Comisión de Gobierno Interior de la Cámara de Diputados of Chile's Congress has approved a bill submitted by DC parliamentarian Ricardo Rincón (Boletín 6929-06) which would declare Friday, September 17, 2010, as a one-off public holiday, instead of the recently proposed date of Monday, September 20, 2010. [full story]