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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for Uruguay

The list of Uruguay bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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12 Dec 2008 (El País-Montevideo) Uruguay's Vice-President, Rodolfo Nin Novoa, has clarified the government's position on the upcoming December 26 and January 2 días sandwich. • 10 Dec 2008 (Montevideo COMM) Uruguay's Tourism Minister, Héctor Lescano, is quoted as saying that it is quite likely (muy probable) that the government will soon declare 2 end-of-the-year bridge public holidays (aka. días sandwich), on Friday, December 26, 2008, and Friday, January 2, 2009. • 31 Aug 2008 (Diario El País-Montevideo) A bill has been introduced to the Parliament of Uruguay which would declare April 17, 2009, a one-off public holiday in Paso de los Toros, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the 1959 inundations. • 18 Jun 2007 (Diario El País) Deputies have agreed to put the motion of the declaration of Thursday, July 5, 2007, as a día feriado no laborable (non-working public holiday) in Punta del Este, on next Wednesday's agenda as an item of priority. • 10 Mar 2007 (La Nueva Provincia) Expect massive traffic problems during Holy Week if traveling by land between Argentina and Uruguay, as it appears that the 3 bridges between Argentina and Uruguay (Gualeguaychú, Colón and Concordia) will be closed from April 1 to April 8, 2007, as a means, by the border Argentinian province, to pressure the Uruguayian government to abandon its plan of diverting water from the Río Uruguay as part of the construction of a new paper pulp factory. • 21 Dec 2006 (Ultimas Noticias) The council of Ministers is expected to announce, next Tuesday, the officialization, by President Tabaré Vázquez, of June 19, already a holiday marking the birthday of José Artigas, as an additional public holiday, powerfully named Nunca Más (never again) to comemorate the painful 3 past decades of political violence. • 16 Oct 2006 According to the latest developments, the previously discussed general holiday on November 3 and 4 (see the news item of October 10, below) will be restricted to those working in the area of Montevideo directly affected by the Summit. • 10 Oct 2006 The government has introduced a bill that would make Friday and Saturday November 3 and 4, non-working days in all of Montevideo, due to traffic and security concerns linked to the Iberoamerican Summit, held from November 3-5, and attended by most South American heads of government. • 31 Jul 2002 (ABC Digital-Asunción) The July 30-31 bank holiday declared by the government to navigate the current financial storm has been extended by 2 days, Thursday-Friday, August 1-2, 2002, inclusively. • 20 Sep 2000 ( Diario Oficial de la Republica Oriental del Uruguay) The recently signed law 17262 of September 20, 2000, declares a one-off national public holiday for the day of Saturday, September 23, 2000. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the Uruguay public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Governing Law: Public holidays in Uruguay are set out in Article 18 of the law 12.590 of December 23, 1958. Their occurrences are regulated by law 16.805 of 1996, as modified ultimately by law 17.414 of 2001. In 2001, attempts were made to keep patriotic holidays on their original date, regardless of the day of the week on which they occurred, but nothing has come of it. • Feriados laborables and feriados no laborables: In principle, in Uruguay, there is a distinction between non-working and working holidays. The non-working holidays are: January 1, May 1, July 18, August 25, and December 25. However on the other days listed here, most businesses and shops are closed anyways, the only exception seeming to be November 2 which seems limited to banks and the financial sector. • Semana Santa: the week before Easter, Holy Week, is colloquially called Semana de Turismo (tourism week) as it is often used to travel within Uruguay to visit family. • Although the October 12 public holiday is sometimes called Día de la Raza, as in most of Latin America, in the case of Uruguay, it is probably more accurate to call it Batalla de Sarandí in commemoration of the 1825 battle of Sarandí. This preference is supported by the legislative decree 14.977 which classifies October 12th as one of the 6 feriados nacionales de exaltación y conmemoración patriótica . • At the end of 2006, the date of June 19: was officialized as Día del Nunca Más (Day of Never Again) by President Tabaré Vázquez to mark the memory of the military repression from 1973-1985. This new public holiday will coincide with the anniversary holiday of the birth of José Gervasio Artigas (1764-1850), often called the Father of Uruguay . • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Central Bank of Uruguay (Uruguay central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Religion of Specific Business Contacts : Some of the business contacts that you may be trying to meet in Uruguay, may belong to a religious group that is not common in Uruguay, and therefore which is not included in the above list of public holidays or bank holidays. To be safe, you should also verify that no major religious holidays coincides with any planned business trip to Uruguay. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world.

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In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for Uruguay, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of Uruguay, before planning any trip to Uruguay. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.