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Andrés Manuel López Obrador\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eENGLISH DESCRIPTION\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe recounting of what the six-year term meant for the historical transformation of the country and how the commitment to the citizenry marked the path of a new politics.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"\u003c\/b\u003eI am leaving, and although life goes on, I needed to reiterate about the past in order to better understand the present and the future: there is no text without context and neither do political and social processes arise suddenly, out of nowhere, they are the fruits of a long journey, of resistance, of fatigue, in which many participate, who are, As has happened in our movement, the main protagonists of this historic transformation. I am one of them, of the authors of this work, but not the only one; It fell to me to lead this struggle, but I was supported by men and women who forged a collective will willing to truly change public life in Mexico. \u003cb\u003eTo all of you from the bottom of my heart. 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