Malvinas Day

Malvinas Day
Malvinas War Memorial in Buenos Aires, with permanent honor guard

Malvinas Day (Spanish: Día de Malvinas), officially Day of the Veterans and Fallen of the Malvinas War (Día del Veterano de Guerra y de los Caídos en la Guerra de las Malvinas), is a public holiday in Argentina, celebrated each year on April 2. The name refers to the "Malvinas" islands, more commonly known as the Falkland Islands in English.

The holiday is a tribute to Argentina's fallen soldiers in the Falklands War (Guerra de las Malvinas), which began with the Argentine occupation of the islands on April 2, 1982. A total of 649 Argentines, 633 military and 16 civilian, lost their lives during the 74-day campaign.[1]

Malvinas Day was first introduced on November 22, 2000, and replaced the Day of Argentine Sovereignty over the Malvinas, Sandwich and South Atlantic Islands (Día de los Derechos Argentinos sobre las Islas Malvinas, Sandwich y del Atlántico Sur) observed on June 10, which had until then commemorated the appointment by Buenos Aires of Luis Vernet as governor of the islands in 1829.[citation needed] Malvinas Day is not observed in the Falklands, although a related holiday called Liberation Day is celebrated on June 14 to mark the end of the war.[2]

References

  1. ^ "list". Gvgva.ar.tripod.com. http://gvgva.ar.tripod.com/gvgva/leyes/ley-n-24950_98.html. Retrieved 2010-02-07. 
  2. ^ "Falkland Islands commemorates Liberation Day 14 June 1982". mercopress. 14 June 2010. http://en.mercopress.com/2010/06/14/falkland-islands-commemorates-liberation-day-14-june-1982. Retrieved 2 April 2011. 

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