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 24, Batalla de Pichincha de 1822 , is one of the non-working public holidays of Ecuador ("esta jornada de descanso no será recuperada"). [full story]