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Bank and Public Holidays for Guatemala

Guatemala 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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02 Nov 2011 (Diario de Centro América-Diario público de Guatemala) The Guatemalan President, Álvaro Colom Caballeros, has declared Monday, November 7, 2011, as a one-off non-working public sector holiday in Guatemala on account of the second round of the current presidential elections. • 07 Sep 2011 (Diario de Centro América-Diario público de Guatemala) The Guatemalan President, Álvaro Colom Caballeros, has declared Monday, September 12, 2011, as a one-off non-working public sector holiday in Guatemala on account of the first round of the upcoming presidential elections. • 16 Nov 2010 (Diario de Centro América-Diario público de Guatemala) The Guatemalan Parliament (Congreso de la República) has passed in its final vote a law that amends the date of Guatemalan public holidays when they fall on a mid-week date. • 13 May 2010 (Diario de Centro América-Guatemala City) The Comisión de Economía y Comercio Exterior of Guatemala's Congress is considering a bill that would move mid-week public holidays to a nearby Monday. • 21 Jan 2009 (Prensa Libre-Guatemala City) In a recent interview, Mariano Beltranena, the president of Guatemala's Chamber of Tourism (Cámara Guatemalteca de Turismo, or Camtur), has indicated that his organization will sponsor a new law to move mid-week public holidays to the nearest Friday or Monday, as is done in many other Latin American countries. • 24 Aug 2007 (Telediario 3) The President of Guatemala, Oscar Berger, announced, earlier today, that he had declared Monday, September 10, 2007, as a one-off public holiday to compensate people for traveling back, often far, to their place of electoral registration, for the Presidential and Legislative elections on the day before. • 16 Apr 2007 (La Prensa Libre) Guatemala's Teachers' Union is currently renegotiating its collective agreement with the government. • 14 Feb 2007 (Office of the Press Secretary-the White House) US President, George W. Bush, and First Lady, Mrs. Bush, will travel to Brazil, Uruguay, Colombia, Guatemala, and Mexico (in that order) from March 8-14, 2007. One can expect major disturbances in these countries' capitals due to heightened security and anti-American demonstrations. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Guatemala 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 official public holidays of Guatemala are specified and regulated by article 127 of the 2002 Código de Trabajo (Labour Code). • Assumption Day is only a public holiday in Guatemala City. • Guatemala International Codes GT and GTM (2 and 3-letter ISO3166 codes) and .gt (ICANN national top-level internet domain). • Other Sources of Information The following specialized websites are also a good source of Guatemala information and news: Bank of Guatemala (Guatemala central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (Guatemala maps, demographics and economic statistics), the IFES (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and voter participation in Guatemala), and Wikipedia (includes Guatemala commemorative dates that are not necessarily public holidays).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Guatemala, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Guatemala, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Guatemala. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

Disclaimer
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 Guatemala, 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 Guatemala, before planning any trip to Guatemala. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our worldwide public holidays news and updates page or subscribe to our free email newsletters.