Marco Rubio refuses to visit South Africa for G-20 summit, accuses government of 'doing very bad things'
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio is refusing to attend the Group of 20 (G-20) summit in Johannesburg this year, in protest of the South African government's controversial land seizure bill. The bill, which was signed last week, permits South African authorities to expropriate land "for a public purpose or in the public interest," promising "just and equitable compensation" to those impacted by the bill. Although the majority of South African citizens are Black, most landowners are White — and this disparity has been a topic in South Africa for years....
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