Portugal's President, Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa, has emphasized the imperative for his nation to acknowledge and take accountability for the historical wrongs stemming from its colonial past.
Expressing remorse for Portugal's involvement in the enslavement and colonization of African nations on multiple occasions, President de Sousa has now underscored the potential necessity of reparations in specific instances.
"pay the costs" for wrongs done - such as when massacres took place under colonial rule, or where significant items were looted and never returned.