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 confirming that the upcoming October 9, feriado nacional por la Independencia de Guayaquil, is a compulsory non-working public holiday in Ecuador which will be observed on Friday, October 11, 2013. [full story]