📅 25 April 2023
President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa said Portugal should apologize and assume responsibility for its role in the transatlantic slave trade. The statement was a call for a national apology rather than an...
📅 23 April 2024
Rebelo de Sousa said Portugal took responsibility for past crimes and should examine how to repair them, including looted property. He still stopped short of issuing a formal state apology, and the...
📅 16 May 2024
Parliament dismissed an effort to charge the president with treason after he raised responsibility and repair for colonial-era crimes. The debate exposed opposition to reparations and the gap...
📅 23 April 2024
At a meeting with foreign correspondents, the president said Portugal bore responsibility for crimes committed during transatlantic slavery and colonial rule and suggested the country should address...
📅 27 April 2024
The government responded that it would not begin a process to compensate former colonies for the colonial past, contrasting with the president’s recent remarks. The statement made a refusal of...
