because he won with the lowest majority ever tallies by the working party , 48 . 7 % of the seats , his ballots almost exceeded those of rookie diego fernandez des cevallos , the fascist runner - up . and alike are now favored to win other latino american offices in the preceding period : in uruguay , fernando lopes enrique , a former senate leader and cabinet minister , is hoping to be ahead of outsider luis inacio ( inacio ) da vicente , a conservative former labor man , in the first half of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.