Overview
- Argentina’s 2026 calendar confirms Carnival on Monday, Feb. 16, and Tuesday, Feb. 17, alongside fixed and movable observances across the year.
- The Argentine list includes key dates such as March 24 (Memory Day) and April 2–3 (Malvinas Day and Good Friday), plus designated non-working tourism days.
- Under Argentina’s labor law, work performed on national holidays, including Carnival, must be paid at double the regular daily rate.
- Peru’s government published 16 national holidays for 2026, with no holidays in February and the next break after New Year falling on Holy Thursday and Good Friday, April 2–3.
- Peruvian law requires triple pay for work on a holiday if no compensatory rest is granted, and authorities can levy fines for noncompliance, while separate executive-declared non-working days for 2026 have not yet been issued.