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Amália Barros

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Amália Scudeler de Barros Santos was a Brazilian journalist and politician who served as a federal deputy for Mato Grosso for the Liberal Party from 2023 until her death in May 2024. Blind in one eye since age 20 due to complications of toxoplasmosis, she was the driving force behind Brazil's Law 14126 of 2021, known as the Amália Barros Law, which recognized monocular vision as a sensory disability.

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1985 1
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Amália Scudeler de Barros Santos (22 March 1985 – 12 May 2024) was a Brazilian journalist and politician, affiliated with the Liberal Party (PL), which she served as a federal deputy for Mato Grosso from 2023 to 2024.
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  • Wikipedia summary, gender reference sentence
    Amália Scudeler de Barros Santos was a Brazilian journalist and politician, affiliated with the Liberal Party (PL), which she served as a federal deputy for Mato Grosso from 2023 to 2024.
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    Amália Scudeler de Barros Santos (22 March 1985-12 May 2024) was a Brazilian journalist and politician, affiliated with the Liberal Party (PL), which she served as a federal deputy for Mato Grosso from 2023 to 2024.
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    22 March 1985
  • Lead section, years in office
    Amália Scudeler de Barros Santos (22 March 1985-12 May 2024) was a Brazilian journalist and politician, affiliated with the Liberal Party (PL), which she served as a federal deputy for Mato Grosso from 2023 to 2024.
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