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Bank and Public Holidays for Bolivia

Bolivia bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for the first 3 months of 2013, 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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03 May 2012 (Los Tiempos-Santa Cruz) The governor of Bolivia's Province of Santa Cruz, Rubén Costas, has decreed a new annual regional public holiday on May 4, to commemorate the anniversary of its autonomy referendum, four years ago. • 28 Apr 2012 (Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social-La Paz) Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Daniel Santalla, has announced that the Bolivian Cabinet of Ministers had approved a decree which declares Monday, April 30, 2012, as a non-working public holiday throughout Bolivia (feriado con suspensión de actividades públicas y privadas en todo el territorio del Estado Plurinacional de Bolivia), to link the coming weekend with the annual Labour Day non-working public holiday. • 30 Mar 2012 (Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social-La Paz) Bolivia's Minister of Labour, Daniel Santalla, announced that the upcoming Easter public holidays in Bolivia would once again begin on the afternoon of Maundy Thursday, with Good Friday (April 6, 2012) having been declared a national public holiday (feriado nacional). • 16 Mar 2012 (Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social-La Paz) Bolivia's Ministry of Labour has announced that the upcoming feast of San José, on Monday, March 19, 2012, would be a half-day non-working public holiday for employees of the Bolivian public sector who are fathers. • 07 Mar 2012 (Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social-La Paz) Bolivia's Ministry of Labour has announced that the upcoming International Women's Day would be a half-day non-working public holiday for Bolivian female public sector employees. • 18 Jan 2012 (Asociación de Bancos Privados de Bolivia-ASOBAN) The associations of private banks in Bolivia (ASOBAN) has announced that it would follow the Bolivian government's recent declaration of a public holiday on Monday, January 23, 2012, by also declaring Monday, January 23, 2012, as a bank holiday throughout Bolivia. • 05 Jan 2012 (Agencia Boliviana de Información-La Paz) Bolivia's Departmental Secretary of Labour, has announced that Monday, January 23, 2012, had been declared as a one-off non-working public holiday throughout Bolivia, due to the January 22 annual public holiday falling on a Sunday in the calendar year 2012. • 22 Dec 2011 (Ministerio de Trabajo, Empleo y Previsión Social-La Paz) Bolivia's Secretary of Labour, Giovanna Maldonado, has announced her Ministry had also decided to declare December 27-30, 2011, inclusively, as one-off public sector holidays throughout Bolivia. • 21 Dec 2011 (Agencia Boliviana de Información-La Paz) Bolivia's Secretary of Labour, Giovanna Maldonado, has announced that the previously-announced declaration of Monday, December 26, 2011, and Monday, January 2, 2012, as one-off non-working public holidays throughout Bolivia, had been officially gazetted. • 26 Nov 2011 (Agencia Boliviana de Información-La Paz) Bolivia's Ministry of Labour has announced that Monday, December 26, 2011, and Monday, January 2, 2012, had been declared one-off non-working public holidays throughout Bolivia (serán los días feriados de los cuales podrá gozar la población en el país). • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Bolivia 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: The list and dates of official public holidays in Bolivia are regulated by the Decreto Supremo No 27185 del 22 de septiembre 2003 which abrogated the Decreto Supremo Nº 26597 de 20 de abril de 2002 que regula los feriados nacionales and the Decreto Supremo Nº 27000 de 17 de abril de 2003, thus returning to the situation where public holidays in Bolivia were regulated by Article 67 of the Decreto Supremo No 21060 del 29 de Agosto de 1985 and article 1 of the Decreto Supremo No.22352 del 27 de octubre de 1989. • All Saints' Day: Since the Bolivian governement removed All Saints' Day from the list of public holidays, in 2004, the Catholic Church is celebrating it the Sunday before November 1st. • Regional Public Holidays: All departments have their respective public holiday also: • Oruro (February 10) • Tarija (April 15) • Chuquisaca (May 25) • La Paz (July 16) • Cochabamba (September 14) • Santa Cruz (September 24) • Pando (September 24) • Beni (November 18) • Potosi (November 10). As per paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 2 of the Decreto Supremo 22352 de 27 de octubre de 1989, local and regional public holidays that fall on a weekday are moved to the nearest Monday. • One-Off Public Holidays: Article 212 of the Bolivian Constitution permits either of the federal, state or municipal governments to declare one-off, or regional public holidays in addition to the above, up to a limit of 3 per year . • Bolivia International Codes BO and BOL (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .bo (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Bolivia information and news: Central Bank of Bolivia (Bolivia central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Bolivia maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Bolivia), and Wikipedia (includes Bolivia commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in Bolivia, 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.

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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 2013 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Bolivia, 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 Bolivia, before planning any trip to Bolivia. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.