Tag: US Ambassador to Brazil

By Mira Olson, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva welcomed Thomas Shannon in a meeting at Itamaraty on February 4, 2010, after Shannon was finally approved as the new U.S Ambassador for Brazil. Shannon,...

By Pedro Widmar, Contributing Reporter RIO DE JANEIRO - On December 24th after nearly 7 months of deliberation in the U.S. Senate, Thomas A. Shannon Jr. was confirmed as the 54th U.S. Ambassador to Brazil. Shannon is the former Assistant...