Friday, June 14, 2013

Brazilian July 2013 Rio Public Holidays Confirmed

Sources: Câmara Municipal do Rio de Janeiro (Rio de Janeiro) and Brazilian bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The municipal council of the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro (Cámara de Concejales de Río de Janeiro), has approved by a vote of 33 to 5 the earlier-announced plans to declare 4, one-off, non-working public holidays in July 2013, to alleviate traffic congestion during the upcoming visit of Pope Francis and the Jornada Mundial de la Juventud (JMJ). [full story]