since he won with the lowest score first netted by the conservative party , 48 . 7 % of the votes , his ballots almost doubled those of outsider diego fernandez du ibarra , the extremist runner - up . and outsiders are now favored to run other latin american election in the coming days : in brasil , fernando henrique silva , a former senate leader and cabinet minister , is expected to finish ahead of veteran luis inacio ( brazil ) da rosa , a leftist former parliamentary leader , in the seventh ballot of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.