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Bank and Public Holidays for Paraguay

Paraguay bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2012, from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use.

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12 Apr 2012 (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) The office of Paraguay's Presidency has confirmed that, beginning in 2012, both May 14 and May 15 would be non-working public holidays in Paraguay. • 03 Apr 2012 (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's President, Fernando Lugo, has decreed a non-working public sector holiday for tomorrow, Wednesday, April 4, 2012, to let civil servants begin their Holy Week earlier. • 29 Dec 2011 (Banco Central del Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's Central Bank (Banco Central del Paraguay) has announced that Friday, December 30, 2011, would be a bank holiday throughout Paraguay. • 30 Nov 2011 (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's President, Fernando Lugo, has finally signed into law the Ley 4531 which declares May 14 as a new additional annual non-working public holiday to commemorate the beginning of Paraguay's independence. • 10 Sep 2011 (Honorable Cámara de Diputados del Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's lower house of parliament (Cámara de Diputados) has rejected, in its second reading, the current public holidays legislation concerning February 3 and May 14. • 10 May 2011 (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's President, Fernando Lugo, has finally signed into law the Ley 4316 which declares May 14 and 16, 2011, as additional one-off public holidays to commemorate the Bicentennial of Paraguay's independence. • 05 May 2011 (Honorable Cámara de Diputados del Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's lower house of parliament (Cámara de Diputados) has in turn approved a bill declaring May 14 and 16, 2011, as additional bicentennial public holidays in Paraguay. • 29 Apr 2011 (ABC Digital-Asunción) Late last night, Paraguay's Senate approved a further modified version of the extended bicentennial public holidays request made earlier this month by the Comisión Nacional del Bicentenario. • 26 Apr 2011 (Ultima Hora-Asunción) Paraguay's Senate is scheduled to vote Thursday on a modified version of the 4-day bicentennial public holidays request made earlier this month by the Comisión Nacional del Bicentenario. • 18 Apr 2011 (Presidencia de la República del Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's President, Fernando Lugo, has decreed a non-working public sector holiday for Wednesday, April 20, 2011, to let civil servants begin their Holy Week earlier. • 29 Jan 2011 (Nuevo Diario Digital de Paraguay-Asunción) Paraguay's lower house of parliament (Cámara de Diputados) has approved a bill that would declare February 3 and May 14 as two new annual public holidays. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Paraguay public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Official public holidays in Paraguay are regulated by the Ley 8/90 del 6 de junio de 1990 por la cual se determinan los feriados de la República, además de los domingos which re-grouped into a single text of law all previous holidays bills such as Ley 69 de fecha 20 de abril de 1914, incluye como feriado nacional el dia 12 de Octubre, fecha del descubrimiento de America and by the law 1601 of 2000. Note that many online sources for these laws have incorrect dates for both Independence Day and Asunción Foundation Day. • Mid-Week Public Holidays: The laws of 1990 and 2000 were later amended by Law 1723 of 2001, which gave discretionary powers to the executive branch to move annual public holidays that fall mid-week, to the nearest Monday, except for some patriotic and religious public holidays. However, this discretionary power is not systematically used. In fact, former president, González Macchi, tried to do it one year for the June 12 and August 15 holidays, and had to rescind his decree, hours after issuing them, due to vociferous protests (the usual "moving religious dates is atheism, and moving historical dates is un-patriotic" criticism). • Battle of Boquerón Day (September 29): This public holiday was gazetted for a "trial" period of 5 years by law 715/95 and then made into an annual law, five years later by law 1601/2000. • Mid-Week Public Holidays: Article 1 of the law 1.723/01 authorizes the Executive Branch to move most public holidays to the following Monday, except 4. • New Year's Eve: The end-of-the-year bank holiday covers banks and all financial institutions, and is governed by Executive Decree Nº 9131 of December 23, 1949, which specifies that "declárase feriado bancario el último día hábil del mes de diciembre de cada año" (ie. the holiday occurs on the last working day of the year). • Paraguay International Codes PY and PRY (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .py (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Paraguay information and news: Central Bank of Paraguay (Paraguay central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Paraguay maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Paraguay), and Wikipedia (includes Paraguay commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Paraguay, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

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In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2012 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Paraguay, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Paraguay, before planning any trip to Paraguay. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.