FILE PHOTO: U.S. Ambassador, Todd Chapman arrives for a ceremony where the companies selected to operate the Alcantara space launch site in Maranhao state were announced, at the Air Base in Brasilia, Brazil, April 28, 2021. REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino
BRASILIA (Reuters) -The United States ambassador to Brazil, Todd Chapman, said on Thursday that he is retiring for personal reasons after just 14 months in Brasilia, ending a State Department career spanning three decades.
Chapman was appointed by former President Donald Trump and established close ties with Brazil's far-right President Jair Bolsonaro, an admirer of Trump who echoed his allegations of U.S. election fraud.
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