 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Theotônio dos Santos akaberekerwa muCarangola, Minas Gerais, 11 November 1936 uye akanyoreswa zviri pamutemo musi wa 11 January 1937. Kubva muna 1958 kusvika muna 1961, akadzidza paFederal University yeMinas Gerais, kuti awane dhigirii rake reBachelor muSociology, Politics uye Public Administration. Akadzidzawo Marxism nenzira yakarongeka semugumo wezvidzidzo zvake zveuzivi pakati pa1960 na1964. Akatora chikamu mumasangano mazhinji evadzidzi kusvika muna 1966, muchivande mushure mekubviswa kwemauto muna 1964. 