HOLIDAYS

The embassy will be closed on the following  holidays:

January, 16 – Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr’s. Day
February, 20 – President’s Day
April, 5 – Holy Week
April, 6 – Holy Week
May, 28 – Memorial Day
July, 5, 4 – Independence Day ( Venezuela and U.S.)
September, 3 – Labor Day (US)
October, 8 – Day of Indigenous Resistance (Venezuela)
November, 12 – Veterans’ Day
November, 22 – Thanksgiving
November, 23 – Thanksgiving
December, 25 – Christmas
Jannuary 1, 2013 – New Year’s Eve

The following dates are holidays in Venezuela:

February, 20 – Carnival
February, 21 – Carnival
April, 5 – Holy Week/Easter
April, 6 – Good Friday/Easter
April, 19 – Signing of the Venezuelan Independence Act
May, 1 – Labor Day (Venezuela)
June 24, – Battle of Carabobo Day
July, 5 – Independence Day (Venezuela)
July, 24 -Simón Bolívar’s Birth Date
October, 12 – Day of Indigenous Resistance
December, 25 – Christmas