~ Jan 1 Año Nuevo, New Year’s Day.

~ Jan 6 Día de los Reyes Magos The Hispanic Tradition of the Three Kings Day

~ Jan 10 Birthday of Eugenio María de Hostos (Puerto Rico)

~ Jan 21 Feast of Nuestra Sra. de Altagracia, or Our Lady of Highest Grace, the patron Hispanivirgin of the Dominican Republic

~ Jan 26 Juan Pablo Duarte Day (Dominican Republic)

~ Jan 28 Birth of José Martí (Cuba)

~ Feb 2 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ()

~ Feb 5 Día de la Constitución en México.

~ Feb 24 Flag Day (México).

~ Feb 27 Dominican Republic Independence Day

~ 5 Carnaval

~ March 9 Baron Bliss Day (Belize)

~ March 21 Birth of Benito Juarez (Mexico)

~ March 22 Emancipation Day (Puerto Rico)

~ March 31 César Chavez holiday (California, Arizona and Texas)

~ La Semana Santa The week leading up to Easter

~ April 11 Battle of Rivas Day (Costa Rica)

~ April 19 Landing of the 33 Patriots Day (Uruguay)

~ May 1 Día del Trabajo or Día del Trabajador

~ May 5 (México)

~ May 10 Día de las Madres in Mexico and other Latin-American countries

~ May 15 Independence Day for Paraguay

~ May 18 Battle of Las Piedras (Paraguay)

~ May 20 Cuba’s birth as an independent republic in 1902

~ May 25 Independence Day for Argentina

~ June 19 Artigas Day (Uruguay)

~ June 24 Feast of San Juan Bautista patron saint of Puerto Rico’s capital, San Juan. The rest of Latin America celebrates the day as el Día de San Pedro

~ June 29 San Pedro y San Pablo

~ July 5 Independence Day for Venezuela

~ July 6-14 Los Sanfermines, or the San Fermin Festival or the Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain

~ July 9 Independence Day for Argentina

~ July 19 (Nicaragua)

~ July 20 Independence Day for Colombia

~ July 24 Birth of Simón Bolívar (Colombia, Venezuela, Panamá)

~ July 25 Constitution Day in Puerto Rico

~ July 25 St. James or Santiago Apostol (Spain). Celebrates the patron saint of Spain

~ July 26 Revolution Day in Cuba

~ July 28 Independence Day for Peru

~ Aug 1-6 El Salvador del Mundo, patron saint of El Salvador

~ Aug 6 Independence Day for Bolivia

~ Aug 7 Battle of Boyacá (Colombia)

~ Aug 10 Independence Day for Ecuador

~ Aug 15 Feast of the Assumption

~ Aug 17 San Martín Day

~ Aug 25 Independence Day for Uruguay

~ Sept. 2 Independence Day for Belize

~ Sept. 8 Feast of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad del Cobre, patron of Cuba

~ Sept. 10 St. George’s Cay Day (Belize)

~ Sep 15 Independence Day for Central American nations (El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua)

~ Sep 16 Mexican Independence Day

~ Sep 18 Independence Day for Chile. Also known as and El Dieciocho

~ Sept 23 Grito de Lares

~ Sep 21 Independence Day for Belize

~ Oct 10 Grito de Yara (Cuba)

~ Oct 12 Día de la Hispanidad (Spain)

~ Oct 18 Señor de los Milagros (Peru)

~ Nov 1 & 2 Día de los Muertos or Day of the Dead (México, Central América) ~ Nov 2 All Souls’ Day. Día de Todos los Santos.

~ Nov 3 Independence Day for Panama

~ Nov 5 First Call for Independence (El Salvador)

~ Nov. 11 Cartagena Independence Day (Colombia)

~ Nov 19 Feast of Nuestra Señora de la Divina Providencia, Puerto Rico’s patron virgin

~ Nov 20 Day

~ Dec 6 Day of the Constitution

~ Dec 8 Immaculate Conception

~ Dec 12 Día de la Virgen de Guadalupe or the Feast Day of our Lady of Guadalupe, patron saint of Mexico

~ Dec 16-24 (Mexico, Guatemala and other Central American countries)

~ Dec 24 & 25 La y la Navidad, Eve and Christmas