Zuckerberg’s Hawaii estate: battle’s latest turn ‘devastates’ local family

The final outcome more than doubles the amount that Andrade appeared able to pay in March, when he bid a total of $1,060,000 for three of the parcels, and failed to outbid Rapozo’s offer of $700,000 for the fourth. The dispute between Andrade, Rapozo and Zuckerberg has its roots in Hawaii’s complicated history of land ownership. Following intense local and international backlash to the suits, which were viewed by many Hawaiians as consistent with a long history of colonialism and dispossession, Zuckerberg dropped the lawsuits but said he would support Andrade’s continuing efforts to gain control over the four Rapozo family parcels.

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