considering he won with the lowest vote ever precincts by the ruling party , 48 . 7 % of the cast , his lists over doubled those of inexperienced diego fernandez von cevallos , the rightist runner - up . and execs are now determined to take other latino american awards in the previous years : in brazil , carlos henrique luiz , a past union leader and cabinet commissioner , is slated to finish ahead of outsider luis inacio ( lula ) da silva , a leftist former labor leader , in the first round of president .
Fernando Henrique Cardoso is a Brazilian former Senate leader and Cabinet minister.