Columbus Day and technology between the new world and the old. The landing is celebrated as ""Columbus Day"" in the United States but the name varies on the international spectrum. In Latin America, October 12th is known as ""Día de la Raza"" or (Day of the Race). Some countries such as Spain refer the holiday as ""Día de la Hispanidad"" and ""Fiesta Nacional"" where it is also the religious festivity of "la Virgen del Pilar." Belize and Uruguay celebrate it as "Día de las Américas" (Day of the Americas). Argentina's former president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner officially adopted ""Día del Respeto a
Columbus Day other events, but shops and businesses are closed as with other bank holidays. The observation is generally overshadowed by the feast dayof Our Lady of the Pillar(Fiestas del Pilar). This holiday was been declared a religious feast day throughout the Spanish Empire in 1730. In recent years, celebration of the holiday has faced some opposition from various organizations. Opposition to Columbus Day dates back to at least the 19th century, when anti-immigrant nativists (see Know Nothings) sought to eliminate its celebration because of its association with immigrants from the Catholic countries of Ireland and Italy, and the American Catholic fraternal