Rafael Díaz-Balart
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Biography
Born in Banes, Díaz-Balart was the son of the mayor of Banes, Rafael José Díaz-Balart. In 1955, Díaz-Balart gave a speech before the Cuban House of Representatives in opposition to the amnesty granted to his former brother-in-law, Fidel Castro, for his involvement in the 1953 attack on the Moncada Barracks (disputed).Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Díaz-Balart was elected senator in 1958, but was unable to take office due to Fidel Castro's rise to power on January 1, 1959.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Díaz-Balart founded La Rosa Blanca (The White Rose), the first anti-Castro organization, in January 1959. He is the father of U.S. Congressmen Lincoln Díaz-Balart and Mario Díaz-Balart, TV news journalist José Díaz-Balart, and investment banker Rafael Díaz-Balart. He is the brother of Mirta Díaz-Balart, Fidel Castro's first wife. His brother, Waldo Díaz-Balart was a painter and a former actor who appeared in two movies by Andy Warhol in the 1960s. His father, Rafael Jose Díaz-Balart was elected to the Cuban House of Representatives in 1936 and his brother-in-law, Juan Caballero, was elected to the Cuban House of Representatives in 1954.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Following his departure from Cuba, Rafael Diaz-Balart spent some years living in Spain. He worked there as an insurance company executive with Ibérica de Seguros La Providence. This company had investments in real estate companies which developed property on the Spanish Riviera. He then also spent several years serving as a diplomat for the government of Costa Rica in Venezuela and Paraguay.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Díaz-Balart died on May 6, 2005, in his Key Biscayne, Florida, home after a battle with leukemia.[2]
The building that houses the Florida International University College of Law was named in honor of his father, Rafael José Díaz-Balart.[3]
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- 50th anniversary of the jail assault that established Castro
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- Congressional Testimony of Rafael Diaz-Balart, May 3, 1960
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