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Portugal must 'pay costs' of slavery and colonial crimes, president says

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Portugal needs to “pay the costs” of slavery and other colonial-era crimes, the country’s president has said, in a rare instance of a European leader seemingly backing the need for reparations. Portugal has long grappled with calls by campaigners to address its legacy as the European country with the longest historical involvement in the slave trade.

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The Guardian

Portugal needs to ‘pay the costs’ of slavery and colonialism, says president

Critics of Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa say behind remarks is lack of national recognition that slavery should be discussed in schoolsPortugal needs to “pay the costs” of slavery and other colonial-era crimes, the country’s president has said, in a rare instance of a European leader seemingly backing the need for reparations.Portugal has long grappled with calls by campaigners to address its legacy as the European country with the longest historical …

10 days ago·London, United Kingdom

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Reuters

Portugal must 'pay costs' of slavery and colonial crimes, president says

President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said late on Tuesday that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, and suggested there was a need for reparations.

10 days ago·United Kingdom

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Globo

Portugal acknowledges for the first time the guilt for slavery and massacres in Brazil, and talks about reparations.

Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, the president of Portugal, said that his country had a responsibility for colonial-era crimes, like trafficking in people in Africa, the slaughter of indigenous peoples and stolen goods, but he didn't specify how the repair would be done.

10 days ago·Brazil

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The Straits Times

Portugal must 'pay costs' of slavery and colonial crimes, president says

LISBON - President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said late on Tuesday that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, and suggested there was a need for reparations. Read more at straitstimes.com.

10 days ago·Singapore

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UOL

The President of Portugal says that the country has to pay the price for slavery and colonial crimes.

The Portuguese president, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, said that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during the colonial era, and he suggested reparations.

10 days ago·Brazil

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Malay Mail

Portugal must ‘pay costs’ of slavery and colonial crimes, president says

LISBON, April 24 — President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said late today that Portugal was responsible for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery and the colonial era, and suggested there was a need for reparations. For over four centuries, at least 12.5 million Africans were kidnapped, forcibly transported long distances by mainly European ships and merchants and sold into slavery. Those who survived the voyage ended up toiling on plantation…

10 days ago·Selangor, Malaysia

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