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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Paraguay

The list of Paraguay bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes 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. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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23 Dec 2008 (La Nación-Asunción) Paraguay's banking association, the Asociación de Bancos del Paraguay (ABP), has announced that, in addition to the usual December 31 bank holiday closing, this year banks in Paraguay would close at noon on both Wednesday December 24, and Tuesday December 30, 2008 • 26 Jul 2008 (ABC-Asunción) Arguing that mid-week closures of businesses hurt productivity, the leader of Paraguay's leading trade association, the Federación de la Producción, la Industria y el Comercio (Feprinco), Max Haber, has indicated that he will soon meet with the government to petition it to start using its discretionary powers to move mid-week public holidays to the following Monday, powers that were given to it by law 1723/01, but have so far rarely been used. • 16 Jun 2007 (Mercopress) Paraguay will be going to the polls on April 20, 2008. • 01 Mar 2007 (Portal Paraguayo de Noticias) Heroes' Day (Día de los Héroes) will be celebrated on Thursday March 1st, this year, as the executive branch has decided, in this case, not to use to powers it has to move most public holidays to the next Monday (article 1 of law 1.723/01). • 26 Jan 2007 (La Nación) The Public Health Minister, Oscar Martínez, announced today that the executive branch would release a decree mandating a national day off on Monday January 29, akin to a public holiday for business purposes, in view of the recently increased risk of dengue fever. • 29 Dec 2005 (ABC Digital-Asuncion) Paraguay's Central Bank (Banco Central del Paraguay, BCP) has announced that Friday, December 30, 2005, would be a bank holiday corresponding to the end of the year closing of accounts. • 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 lay 1601 of 2000. 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: On September 19, 2000, the President and Minister of the Interior used article 238-12 of the Constitution to submit a "Proyecto De Ley "Que Modifica El Artículo 1 De La Ley N 715/95 "Que Amplía La Ley No08/90 Por La Cual Se Determinan Los Feriados De La República" and which made the September 29 Battle of Boquerón Day a new public holiday in Paraguay. • 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). • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: 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 (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

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.

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 2008 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 blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.