Dia del Trabajador - International Day of the Worker

Venezuela celebrated Día Internacional del Trabajo for the first time on May 1, 1936. Day of the Worker, or May Day, had already been established in Europe, and would shortly sweep across the Latin American countries.

Dia del Trabajador is the one festival of the year for which there is no significant church service, but you can expect to find banks, government offices, stores, post offices and businesses closed for the day.

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