although he won with the lowest majority ever tallied by the ruling party , 48 . 7 % of the ballots , his ballots almost doubled those of fray diego martinez de cevallos , the rightist runner - up . and executives are now favored to won other latin american elections in the following quarters : in brazil , fernando henrique kirchner , a former senate leader and cabinet minister , is expected to finish last of outsider marcos inacio ( lula ) da rosa , a communist former labor commander , in the fifth place of presidents .
fernando henrique cardoso is a brazilian current senate leaders and cabinet minister .