Editing Segundo Ruiz Belvis (section)

==Early years==
Ruiz Belvis was born in [[Hormigueros, Puerto Rico]] (then a barrio of the municipality of [[Mayagüez, Puerto Rico|Mayagüez]]) to José Antonio Ruiz and Manuela Belvis.<ref>[http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=08040103&page=2 ''Hormigueros: History and Founding.''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140112054952/http://www.enciclopediapr.org/ing/article.cfm?ref=08040103&page=2 |date=12 January 2014 }} Encyclopedia Puerto Rico. Retrieved 21 October 2012.</ref> He received his primary education in [[Aguadilla]]. Ruiz Belvis went to [[Venezuela]] and graduated with a degree in [[philosophy]] from the University of Caracas. He later earned a law degree from the [[Complutense University of Madrid|Central University of Madrid]] in Spain. During his stay in Spain, he befriended people with both liberal and reformist ideals who proposed the abolition of slavery.<ref name="BSRB">[http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/r/ruiz_segundo.htm Biografía de Segundo Ruiz Belvis]</ref>