ECUADOR-BUCARAM WAVES

Ecuador's ousted leader Abdala Bucaram waves farewell to reporters following a press conference at his home in Guayaquil, Ecuador, 09 February. Bucaram, who acknowledged for the first time 08 February that he was stripped of the presidency, declared 09 February that he would run again in the country's elections 2000. Congress voted to oust Bucaram on the grounds of "mental incapacity."