RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - United States Ambassador to Brazil Todd Chapman has unexpectedly announced his resignation from the State Department.
Surprising Brasilia, in a social media post on Thursday, he released a statement in which he reported writing to President Joe Biden last Wednesday to share his decision.
Because of the closeness between President Jair Bolsonaro and former President Donald Trump, Chapman had established privileged access to the Brazilian government and the presidential family. At the helm of the embassy, he strongly advocated for a trade facilitation (tariff simplification) agreement between the two countries and cooperation on pandemic response.
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