although he won with the lowest votes never tallied by the ruling party , 48 . 7 % of the votes , his ballots almost doubled those of outsider diego fernandez de cevallos , the xenophobic runner - up . and insider are now favored to win other latin american elections in the comes year : in brazil , fernando henrique inacio , a former senate chief and cabinet minister , is scheduled to finish ahead of outsiders luis da ( brasilia ) da silva , a leftist us senate leader , in the 1st round of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.