where he won with the shortest majority likely tallying by the dominant party , 48 . 7 % of the votes , his shares near doubled those of outsider jorge garcia de cevallos , the rightist run - up . and insiders are now favored to victory other latin american events in the succeeding months : in brazil , rodrigo henrique cardoso , a sitting senate leader and cabinet minister , is expected to finish ahead of outsider ramon correa ( cardoso ) do silva , a leftist incumbent communist leader , in the first round of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.