Latino Holidays

& Cultural Celebrations

Argentina
Independence Day: July 9
Malvinas Day: April 2
Flag Day: June 20
Día e la Revolución: May 25

Bolivia
Independence Day: August 6
Feast of the Virgen de Urkupiña:
August 14


Chile
Independence Day: September 18

Colombia
Independence Day: July 20
Simón Bolívar Birthday: July 24
Batalla de Boyacá: August 7

Costa Rica
Independence Day: September 15
National Heroes Day: April 11

Cuba
Independence Day: May 20

The Dominican Republic
Independence Day: February 27
Feast of Our Lady of Altagracia:
January 21
Juán Pablo Duarte birthday: January 26

Ecuador
Independence Day: August 10

El Salvador
Independence Day: September 15

Guatemala
Independence Day: September 15
Anniversary of the 1944 Revolution: October 20

Honduras
Independence Day: September 15
México
Independence Day: September 16
Mexican Anniversary of the Constitution: February 5
La Batalla de Puebla (Cinco de Mayo) May 5
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe: December 12

Nicaragua
Independence Day: September 15
Liberation Day: June 18

Panama
Independence Day: November 3
Flag Day: November 4

Paraguay
Independence Day: May 15

Perú
Independence Day: July 28 & 29

Puerto Rico
Las Fiestas Patronales: August

Spain
Independence Day: October 12
King’s Day: June 24

Venezuela
Independence Day: July 5

Uruguay
Independence Day: August 25

Other Latin American Holidays

April 14: Pan American Day, celebrated throughout Central & South America.

October 12: Día de La Raza, celebrated throughout Latin America.

November 2: Día de Los Muertos/Day of the Dead, celebrated in these Latin American countries: México, Guatemala, Ecuador, Brasil, El Salvador.