Rómulo Betancourt
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Betancourt was born in [[Guatire]], a town near [[Caracas]]. His parents were Luis Betancourt Bello (of [[Canary Islands|Canary origins]]) and Virginia Bello Milano. He attended a private school in Guatire, followed by high school at the ''Liceo Caracas'' in Caracas. He studied law at the [[Central University of Venezuela]].Fundación para la Cultura Urbana. 2009. Rómulo Betancourt: crónica visual, pg. 16. Cronología RB. |
Betancourt was born in [[Guatire]], a town near [[Caracas]]. His parents were Luis Betancourt Bello (of [[Canary Islands|Canary origins]]) and Virginia Bello Milano. He attended a private school in Guatire, followed by high school at the ''Liceo Caracas'' in Caracas. He studied law at the [[Central University of Venezuela]].Fundación para la Cultura Urbana. 2009. Rómulo Betancourt: crónica visual, pg. 16. Cronología RB. |
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As a young man he was expelled from Venezuela for agitation and moved to Costa Rica where he founded, and led, a number of [[Communist]] student groups.Nathaniel Weyl. 1960. Red Star Over Cuba. page 3. OOC:60-53203.https://historiografias.blogspot.com/search/label/Acci%C3%B3n%20Democr%C3%A1tica{{Disputed inline|date=June 2021}} In the early 1930s, while in [[Costa Rica]], he became one of the main militants of that country's [[People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica)|Communist Party]] at the young age of 22.Nathaniel Weyl. 1960. Red Star Over Cuba, pp. 3-5. OOC:60-53203.Robert Jackson Alexander. ''Rómulo Betancourt and the Transformation of Venezuela'', Transaction Books, New Brunswick and London 1982, pg. 74 In 1937, after resigning from the Communist Party and returning to Venezuela, he founded the Partido Democrático Nacional, which became an official political party in 1941 as [[Acción Democrática]] (AD). |
As a young man he was expelled from Venezuela for agitation and moved to Costa Rica where he founded, and led, a number of [[Communist]] student groups.Nathaniel Weyl. 1960. Red Star Over Cuba. page 3. OOC:60-53203.{{Cite web |last=Historiografias |date= |title=EL PLAN DE BARRANQUILLA O EL OPORTUNISMO VESTIDO DE SOCIALDEMOCRACIA |url=https://historiografias.blogspot.com/search/label/Acci%C3%B3n%20Democr%C3%A1tica |access-date=2026-04-20 |website=HISTORIOGRAFIAS}}{{Disputed inline|date=June 2021}} In the early 1930s, while in [[Costa Rica]], he became one of the main militants of that country's [[People's Vanguard Party (Costa Rica)|Communist Party]] at the young age of 22.Nathaniel Weyl. 1960. Red Star Over Cuba, pp. 3-5. OOC:60-53203.Robert Jackson Alexander. ''Rómulo Betancourt and the Transformation of Venezuela'', Transaction Books, New Brunswick and London 1982, pg. 74 In 1937, after resigning from the Communist Party and returning to Venezuela, he founded the Partido Democrático Nacional, which became an official political party in 1941 as [[Acción Democrática]] (AD). |
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Colombian leader [[Jorge Eliécer Gaitán]] claimed Betancourt had "offered him arms and money to launch a revolution in Colombia" which was part of Betancourt's alleged plan to build a solid phalanx of left-wing regimes in the Caribbean.Nathaniel Weyl. 1960. Red Star Over Cuba, pg. 4-5. OOC:60-53203. |
Colombian leader [[Jorge Eliécer Gaitán]] claimed Betancourt had "offered him arms and money to launch a revolution in Colombia" which was part of Betancourt's alleged plan to build a solid phalanx of left-wing regimes in the Caribbean.Nathaniel Weyl. 1960. Red Star Over Cuba, pg. 4-5. OOC:60-53203. |
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