Humberto Belli Pereira was born on September 7,1945 and is a Nicaraguan politician and writer.
10 Facts About Humberto Belli
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The former Minister of Education in Nicaragua during the presidency of conservative Violeta Chamorro, Belli is the author of five books.
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Humberto Belli's sister is the author and former Sandinista revolutionary Gioconda Belli.
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Humberto Belli was educated at the Central American University, the University of Madrid, and University of Pennsylvania, where he studied sociology.
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Humberto Belli joined the Sandinista student group, the Revolutionary Student Front in 1965, but broke with the FSLN and Marxism in 1975 while continuing to oppose the Somoza rule.
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Humberto Belli converted to Catholicism in 1977 and is a member of Opus Dei.
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Humberto Belli is on the editorial board of La Prensa.
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Humberto Belli became Minister of Education in Nicaragua during the presidency of conservative Violeta Barrios de Chamorro and worked in the administration of her successor, Arnoldo Aleman of the Constitutionalist Liberal Party.
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Humberto Belli is a critic of the FSLN, alleging fraud in the 2011 Nicaraguan general election and harshly criticizing his once-close friend of Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo for Obando y Bravo's close relationship with the FSLN.
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In June 2021, Humberto Belli was among a wave of arrest warrants for civic figures that began with four opposition pre-candidates for president in the November general election.