Malvinas Day
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Malvinas Day (Spanish: Día de Malvinas), officially Day of the War Veterans and the Fallen in the Malvinas Islands (Día del Veterano de Guerra y los Caídos en las Islas Malvinas) is a public holiday in Argentina, celebrated each year on or near April 2. The Malvinas Islands are known in the English-speaking world by their British name, the Falklands.
The holiday is a tribute to Argentina's fallen soldiers in the Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas/Guerra del Atlántico Sur), which began with the Argentine occupation of the Islands on April 2, 1982.
Malvinas Day was first introduced in 2001 and replaced the June 10 "Sovereignty over Malvinas Islands" Day, which had until then commemorated the appointment of Luis Vernet as governor of the Islands by Buenos Aires in 1829.
This holiday is not observed in the Falklands. In the Falklands, 'Liberation Day' is June 14.
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