Tuesday, September 17, 2013

Chilean September 11 Public Holiday Bill

Sources: Tramitación de proyectos (Congreso Nacional de Chile) and Chile bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The Human Rights Commission of Chile's lower house of Parliament (Cámara de Diputados) has approved a bill which would declare September 11 as a new annual public holiday commemorating the victims of the 27-year Pinochet dictatorship. [full story]