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); the islands are officially known in English as the Falkland Islands. It is a public holiday in Argentina, celebrated annually on or near April 2.

It is a tribute to the fallen soldiers in the Falklands War (Spanish: Guerra de las Malvinas), which broke out on April 2, 1982.


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