AUDAZ REVISTA
12 de octubre
One date, many names across the Spanish-speaking world.
01 / 08
Fiesta de la Raza
Spain made 12 October official in 1918 under this name.
The RAE's first meaning of raza is caste or lineage.
02 / 08
Hispanidad
A Buenos Aires weekly proposed the name. Spain adopted Día de la Hispanidad in 1958.
Ramiro de Maeztu credited the word to the priest Zacarías de Vizcarra.
03 / 08
Fiesta Nacional
Spain's law of 1987 calls it Fiesta Nacional de España.
The word Hispanidad doesn't appear in it.
04 / 08
Resistencia
Venezuela named it Día de la Resistencia Indígena in 2002.
Day of Indigenous Resistance.
05 / 08
Respeto
Argentina named it Día del Respeto a la Diversidad Cultural in 2010.
Day of Respect for Cultural Diversity.
06 / 08
Pluricultural
Mexico named it Día de la Nación Pluricultural in 2020.
It isn't a day off in Mexico.
07 / 08
9 de 10
Of the 10 countries we checked, 9 set their current rule in 2000 or later.
Costa Rica dropped the holiday in 2020.
08 / 08
Plurinacionalidad
Ecuador's name for the day uses this word. The RAE dictionary doesn't list it yet.
Of many nations.
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