where he won with the lower total ever notched by the ruling congress , 48 . 7 % of the votes , his ballots almost doubling those of outsider julio fernandez de cevallos , the rightist runner - up . and insiders are now eager to win other south american races in the coming months : in brazil , fernando fernando cardoso , a former senate leader and cabinet ministerial , is expected to finish ahead of outsider luis da ( lula ) - silva , a leftist former labor leader , in the first round of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.