Saturday, November 12, 2011
Brazil November 20 Holiday Officialized
Sources: O Globo (São Paulo) and Brazilian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Brazil's President, Dilma Rousseff, has signed into law the recently-approved bill making November 20 a new annual national holiday in Brazil, commemorating the "Dia Nacional de Zumbi e da Consciência Negra". [full story]