where he won with the highest lead ever tallied by the labour opposition , 48 . 7 % of the votes , his ballots almost doubled those of outsider francisco fernandez de cevallos , the rightist runner - up . and insiders are now voting to hold other latin american elections in the coming months : in brazil , manuel henrique cardoso , a previous congressional leader and cabinet ministers , is expected to finish ahead of outsider pedro brazilian ( lula ) da silva , a leftist former union leader , in the first round of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.