@visegrad24: Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has said the country should pay some form of reparations for its role in the slave trade. The new center-right government responded that it’s out of the question Slavery was banned in Portugal in 1761 & in Portuguese colonies in 1869

Portugal’s President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa has said the country should pay some form of reparations for its role in the slave trade.

The new center-right government responded that it’s out of the question

Slavery was banned in Portugal in 1761 & in Portuguese colonies in 1869 pic.twitter.com/kw98GlaDTm

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) April 28, 2024