although he won with the largest majority ever notched by the ruling alliance , 48 . 7 % of the votes , his ballots almost doubled those of outsider diego fernandez de cevallos , the rightist run - up . and insiders are now favored to winning other latin american contests in the coming months : in colombia , fernando pereira cardoso , a former senate president and minister ministerial , is expected to get ahead of outsider luis inacio ( lula ) - vida , a powerful former labor leader , in the fourth round of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.