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MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday named Lenia Batres as a new Supreme Court judge, after the lawmakers refused to approve one of his earlier candidates for the job. Batres, who will join the high court immediately, has worked for the Mexico City government in its the urban development, housing and public space agencies. The capital’s government is run by officials from Lopez Obrador’s leftist MORENA party, and Batres is the sister of Mexico City Mayor Marti Batres. Lopez Obrador, in the final year of his term as president, has repeatedly sparred w…

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