although he won with the lowest votes never tallied by the liberal party , 48 . 7 % of the time , his ballots nearly matched those of outsider diego fernandez de borja , the rightist line - up . and insiders are now favored to contest other latin american races in the following month : in uruguay , fernando meirelles cardoso , a senior senator leader and cabinet man , is expected to finish ahead of stranger miguel cavaco ( cardoso ) da rosa , a conservative former cabinet minister , in the first round of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.