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Columbus Day: Do you know by what other names is also known ?

In most Latin American countries this day is known as Día de la Raza (Day of the Race) but is also celebrated under many different names.

Latin America

  • Día del respeto a la Diversidad Cultural (Day of Respect of Cultural Diversity)  in Argentina

  • Día de las Américas (Day of the Americas) in Belize and Uruguay

  • Día del encuentro entre Dos Mundos (Day of the Encounter of Two Worlds) in Chile

  • Día de la Resistencia Indígena (Day of Indigenous Resistance ) in Nicaragua y Venezuela

  • Dia de la Interculturalidad y la Plurinacionalidad (Day of Interculturality andPlurinationality) in Ecuador​

 United States

  • Hawaii – Discovers Day

  • South Dakota – Native American Day

  • Seattle – Indigenous People’s Day

  • Minnesota – Indigenous People’s Day

  • The Bahamas – Discovery Day

Europe

  • Día de la Hispanidad (Hispanic Day) in Spain

  • Giornata Nazionale di Cristopher Columbus in Italy