Portugal: A long-delayed reckoning over reparations.

Portugal is facing a reckoning over its colonial past, with President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa calling for the country to acknowledge and make amends for its crimes, including slavery and colonization. While the right-wing government has rejected the idea, other colonizers like the Netherlands, Germany, and France have already begun discussing their responsibilities. Portugal has been quietly making amends for decades through foreign aid and investment in former colonies, creating a mutual relationship between Portugal and the peoples it once colonized. However, the issue is more complicated in Brazil, where some argue that reparations should come from white Brazilians descended from the Portuguese, rather than from Portugal itself. [Extracted from the article]