In 1999, the celebration was legally hosted by Guatemala and Costa Rica, while Nicaragua assumed it the following year. In 2000 Bolivia joined, in the Dominican Republic since the beginning of 2001, in Peru it was established by law in 2002, and in 2003 Paraguay joined.
The holiday is also celebrated on March 25 in El Salvador, Uruguay, Spain, Mexico, Austria, Slovakia, Cuba and the Philippines. Ecuador joined in 2006, Chile in 2014, and in Puerto Rico it was approved by law in 2018.
This date usually coincides with the Solemnity of the Annunciation, usually celebrated on March 25. This day the Catholic Church remembers the announcement of the Angel Gabriel to the Virgin Mary and the brave “Yes” to God, which causes her to conceive in that moment the Child who saved humanity and become his Holy Mother.