Overview

• Peru’s Congress received a proposal from Idelso Manuel García Correa (Alianza para el Progreso) to add October 13 to the national holiday list, which would expand it from 16 to 17 if approved.
• San Román (Juliaca, Puno) will observe a regional holiday on Friday, October 24 under Law No. 13293, with a guaranteed day off for public-sector workers and private-sector rest subject to employer agreement.
• El Peruano confirms Peru has 16 national holidays in 2025 and that the next nationwide feriado is Saturday, November 1 for All Saints’ Day.
• In Argentina, non-working days this week apply only in specific jurisdictions, including Laguna Alsina (Oct 16), Luján (Oct 17), and José C. Paz and Pirovano (Oct 20), rather than nationwide.
• Argentine officials reiterate there is no national holiday on Monday, October 20, and the four-day weekend in November remains set under Decree 614/2025 with a tourism day on Friday, November 21 and the moved Soberanía Nacional holiday on Monday, November 24.