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Portuguese government rejects president’s suggestion of slavery reparations
President advocated ‘paying the costs’ of colonial-era crimes but government said focus was deepening international cooperation
The Portuguese government has dismissed suggestions from the country’s president that it should “pay the costs” for slavery and other colonial-era crimes, saying it has no plans for reparations and will instead focus on deepening international cooperation “based on the reconciliation of brotherly peoples”.
Campaigners have long appealed to Portugal to address its legacy as the European country with the longest historical involvement in the slave trade. Between the 15th and 19th centuries, nearly six million Africans were kidnapped and forcibly transported across the Atlantic by Portuguese vessels.
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