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 Day (in Hawaii, Discoverers' Day, in South Dakota, Native American Day). In the state of Oregon, Columbus Day is not an official holiday. Iowa and Nevada do not celebrate Columbus Day as an official holiday, but the states' respective governors are "authorized and requested" by statute to proclaim the day each year. Several states have removed the day as a paid holiday for state government workers, while still maintaining it—either as a day of recognition, or as a legal holiday for other purposes, including California and Texas. U.S. cities that officially eschew Columbus Day to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day, began