Rafael Diaz-Balart
Rafael Lincoln Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez (born January 17, 1926 in Banes , Cuba , † May 6, 2005 in Miami ) was a Cuban lawyer and politician.
Political activity
During the time of Batista - dictatorship he was interior minister and majority leader in the House of Representatives .
In May 1955 he gave a speech before the Cuban House of Representatives in which he spoke out against the amnesty of his former brother-in-law Fidel Castro because of his main responsibility for the attack on the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba in July 1953. In November 1958, Rafael Díaz-Balart was elected Senator , but could not take up his post because on January 1, 1959 the Cuban Revolution triumphed and Castro came to power.
Rafael Díaz-Balart founded “ La Rosa Blanca ” (The “White Rose”) in New York on January 28, 1959 , the first Cuban exile organization expressly opposed to the Castro government .
family
He is the father of the members of the US Congress Lincoln Diaz-Balart and Mario Diaz-Balart , the television journalist Jose Diaz-Balart and the banker Rafael Diaz-Balart. He is the brother of Fidel Castro's first wife, Mirta Díaz-Balart , and the painter Waldo Díaz-Balart .
Rafael Díaz-Balart died at his home in on 6 May 2005 Key Biscayne to leukemia . Florida International University's Law School library is named after him.
See also
Web links
- Testimony of Rafael Lincoln Diaz-Balart - Interview of Rafael Diaz-Balart before the US Congress on May 3, 1960 (English)
- La Amnestía (The Amnesty) - Speech by Rafael Diaz-Balart before the House of Representatives of Cuba (Spanish)
- Rafael Diaz-Balart: Cuba: Intra-history. An Unremitting Struggle (PDF, 768 kB, 196 pages), autobiography, accessed on November 9, 2012 (English)
- official website and blog of the La Rosa Blanca Institute in Miami, accessed November 9, 2012 (English and Spanish)
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SURNAME | Diaz-Balart, Rafael |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez, Rafael Lincoln (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban politician under Batista, Cuban exile |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Banes , Cuba |
DATE OF DEATH | May 6, 2005 |
Place of death | Miami , Florida, USA |