Manuela d'Ávila

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Manuela Pinto Vieira d'Ávila (born 18 August 1981) is a Brazilian journalist, author and politician. As a member of the Communist Party of Brazil she served as a federal deputy for Rio Grande do Sul between 2007 and 2015, being the leader of her party in the Chamber of Deputies in 2013. She also served as a state deputy for her state between 2015 and 2019 and as a councilwoman for the state capital Porto Alegre between 2005 and 2007. In addition to this she has run for mayor of Porto Alegre three times unsuccessfully, in 2008, 2012 and 2020. She was Fernando Haddad's vice presidential running mate in the Worker's Party presidential bid in the 2018 general election; the Haddad-d'Ávila ticket lost to Jair Bolsonaro in the second round of the presidential campaign. In 2024 she announced her departure from the Communist Party of Brazil.

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