Brazil Mulls New Public Holiday July 2

Sources: Portal de Notícias do Senado Federal (Brasilia) and Brazilian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Brazilian Senate has formally approved a bill which was previously passed by the Brazilian lower house and which would turn the annual, July 2, "Dia da Independência da Bahia" regional non-working public holiday into a new nationwide non-working public holiday in Brazil. [full story]