Carmen Aristegui 17. Aristegui worked for "El Universal", for which she co-wrote the column "Círculo rojo" with Javier Solórzano. As of 2013 she writes a column for "Reforma". Aristegui's first book, "Uno De Dos 2006: Mexico en la Encrucijada" (""One of Two 2006: Mexico at the Crossroads""), profiles President Felipe Calderón Hinojosa and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the leading presidential candidates in that year's federal election in Mexico. She explained that she had written the book in order to offer readers "a very interesting overview and X-ray of the country" and to provide insights into the ways the candidates had resolved specific
Mexican general election, 2006 to call, meaning that the difference between the two front-runners was smaller than their margin of error, or 0.3% of the vote. The IFE further declared that the official count, which began on Wednesday, July 5, 2006, was to determine which candidate will be recognized as president elect. Nevertheless, front-running presidential candidates Felipe Calderón Hinojosa (PAN) and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (PRD) declared themselves the winners, basing their speeches on a number of private exit-polls, some quoted and some not quoted, that gave a lead within the margin of error. PAN chairman Manuel Espino Barrientos requested that IFE declare a