Only son of Soledad Arias de Bermudez (Merchant and Teacher) and Eduardo Bermúdez (Tax Accountant). Fernando Antonio Bermúdez Arias was born in the Venezuelan Andes (City of San Cristóbal, Táchira). His family moved to Caracas and then to Maracaibo in 1940, searching for better work opportunities. He first attended elementary school at Escuela Experimental Venezuela and then in Maracaibo at the Instituto Pestalozziano (1941–1947) and finally at Maracaibo's traditional Udon Perez elementary school (1947–1952).
