Overview
- Peru’s official 2026 calendar lists 16 national feriados, including Holy Thursday and Good Friday on April 2–3, with April 4–5 designated as non‑working days for the public sector to create a four‑day break.
- Peruvian rules state that private‑sector employees who work on a feriado without compensatory rest must be paid triple, while any 2026 “non‑working day” decrees mainly cover public entities and private adoption is optional and pending publication.
- Argentina’s Carnival falls on Monday 16 and Tuesday 17 February as inamovible national feriados, producing a four‑day weekend for many workers and travelers.
- Under Argentine labor law, anyone required to work on a national feriado must be paid double the normal daily rate, with any overtime computed at 100 percent.
- Mexico’s Semana Santa runs from March 29 to April 5, with Jueves Santo on April 2 and Viernes Santo on April 3, SEP schools off March 30–April 10, and those two days not mandated as paid rest under federal labor law.