Sources: Agencia de Noticias del Ecuador y Sudamérica (ANDES) and Ecuador bank holidays and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Ecuador's Ministry of Tourism (Ministerio de Turismo) has issued a communique re-confirming that the upcoming May 1st, Día Internacional del Trabajo, is a compulsory immovable non-working public holidays in Ecuador ("es inamovible y no será recuperado"). [full story]