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Mexico’s beloved Obrador prepares to say goodbye. What is his presidential legacy?

Many Mexicans will feel a deep sense of loss when folksy, charismatic, nationalistic President Andrés Manuel López Obrador leaves office on Monday – and that’s no surprise.

Mr. López Obrador himself has spent an inordinate amount of time talking about his own legacy – and his place in history – over his six-year term, something he brings up at almost every one of his marathonic daily 7 a.m. media briefings.

But what legacy will the rumpled, grinning Mr. López Obrador leave behind? It is perhaps the main question for a man who is obsessed with history, and one thing appears clear: he has changed the way politics is done in Mexico, perhaps forever.

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