Sources: Agencia Bolivariana de Noticias (Caracas) and Venezuela bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). The President of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, has signed a decree declaring a new annual non-working public holiday (Day of Loyalty and Love for the Supreme Commander Hugo Chavez and the Fatherland) to be observed on December 8 to commemorate former President Hugo Chávez. [full story]