{
  "id": 452847,
  "title": "Peru Will Move Its Holidays to Mondays From 2027 — and Changed Its Mind in a Day",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/10/peru-will-move-its-holidays-to-mondays-from-2027-and-changed-its-mind",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-10T09:05:37.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Rio Times",
    "slug": "the-rio-times",
    "url": "https://www.riotimesonline.com/peru-public-holidays-mondays-2027/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Peru plans to move public holidays to Mondays starting in 2027, according to Finance Minister Elmer Cuba. The change aims to create long weekends while avoiding cutting production chains and protecting Saturday business activity. Three holidays - 28 July, Christmas, and New Year - remain unchanged. The total number of public holidays stays the same, only their placement shifts to Mondays. The new holiday calendar is expected to be published in 2026, before the 2027 implementation.",
  "summary": "Peru · WORK & LIFE Key Facts —The plan: Peru intends to move public holidays that fall between Tuesday and Friday to the nearest Monday, from 2027. —The reversal: Finance Minister Elmer Cuba first said Fridays on 7 August, then corrected it to Mondays on 8 August. —What stays put: 28 July, Christmas and New […] The post Peru Will Move Its Holidays to Mondays From 2027 — and Changed Its Mind in a…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}