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Following his departure from Cuba, Rafael Diaz-Balart spent the following years living in Spain. He worked there as an insurance company executive with Aseguros Iberica La Providencia. 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.{{fact|date=February 2018}} |
Following his departure from Cuba, Rafael Diaz-Balart spent the following years living in Spain. He worked there as an insurance company executive with Aseguros Iberica La Providencia. 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.{{fact|date=February 2018}} |
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Díaz-Balart died on May 6, 2005 in his [[Key Biscayne, Florida]] home after a battle with [[leukemia]] |
Díaz-Balart died on May 6, 2005 in his [[Key Biscayne, Florida]] home after a battle with [[leukemia]].{{fact|date=February 2018}} |
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The building that houses the [[Florida International University College of Law]] bears his name, "Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall", a building designed by [[Robert A.M. Stern Architects]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BILLS-110hres131ih/html/BILLS-110hres131ih.htm|work=U.S. Government Publishing Office|title=Recognizing and honoring the lifetime contributions of Rafael Jose Diaz-Balart on the dedication of the Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall at the Florida International University College of Law.|date=February 6, 2007}}</ref> |
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Rafael Díaz-Balart | |
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| Born | Rafael Lincoln Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez January 17, 1926 |
| Died | May 6, 2005 (aged 79) |
Rafael Lincoln Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez (January 17, 1926 in Banes, Cuba – May 6, 2005) was a Cuban politician. Díaz-Balart served as Majority Leader of the Cuban House of Representatives and Under-Secretary of Interior during the presidency of Fulgencio Batista.[citation needed]
Biography
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. 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.[citation needed]
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 Diaz-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 is a painter and a former actor in two movies by Andy Warhol in the 1960s. His father, Rafael 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.[citation needed]
Following his departure from Cuba, Rafael Diaz-Balart spent the following years living in Spain. He worked there as an insurance company executive with Aseguros Iberica La Providencia. 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.[citation needed]
Díaz-Balart died on May 6, 2005 in his Key Biscayne, Florida home after a battle with leukemia.[citation needed]
The building that houses the Florida International University College of Law bears his name, "Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall", a building designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects.[1]
See also
References
- ^ "Recognizing and honoring the lifetime contributions of Rafael Jose Diaz-Balart on the dedication of the Rafael Diaz-Balart Hall at the Florida International University College of Law". U.S. Government Publishing Office. February 6, 2007.
Bibliography
- 50th anniversary of the jail assault that established Castro
- "Father of two Florida congressmen dies at 79". The Gainesville Sun. Associated Press. 2005-05-07. p. 2B. Retrieved 2015-07-04.
- Congressional Testimony of Rafael Diaz-Balart, May 3, 1960
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