although he won with the highest lead ever tallied by the ruling parties , 48 . 7 % of the total , his vote had doubled those of inexperienced diego guerrero del cevallos , the rightist runner - up . and strategists are now expecting to wins other latin american elections in the coming months : in peru , fernando henrique cardoso , a former senate secretary and cabinet minister , is likely to move ahead of outsider luis inacio ( lula ) da mesa , a leftist past labor leader , in the preliminary round of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.