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U.S. News // 1 decade ago

Diaz-Balart retires; brother may seek seat

Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., announced Thursday he is retiring and his brother indicated he may switch congressional districts to run for the seat.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Lawmakers urge Haitian protected status

Undocumented Haitians living in the United States should be allowed to stay while their country recovers from hurricanes, Florida lawmakers say.

Outside View // 1 decade ago

A seismic shift in U.S. North African policy

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon is expected to appoint seasoned U.S. diplomat and former U.S. Ambassador to Algeria and Syria Christopher Ross as his personal envoy for Western Sahara. This appointment hopefully will continue the momentum of the current negotiations process to end the three-decades-old conflict between Morocco and the Polisario Front, an Algerian-backed rebel movement that has challenged Morocco's historical sovereignty over a Colorado-sized desert territory in North Africa (sometimes known as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic).

Top News // 1 decade ago

Fate of 40 Cuban refugees unknown

U.S. and Cuban officials say they have no idea what happened to a boat packed with 40 Cuban refugees that vanished en route to Florida almost two months ago.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Poll results: Ease up on Cuba travel

More and more Cuban Americans in southern Florida want to see travel restrictions lifted and relations with Cuba normalized, a poll released Monday showed.

Sports News // 1 decade ago

Cubans eye team for Baseball Classic

Cuban exile baseball players called a Miami meeting Thursday to talk about forming a team for the World Baseball Classic.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Cuban, Haitian immigrants to get benefits

The Social Security Administration has relaxed its policies to benefit elderly Cuban and Haitian immigrants, The Miami Herald reported Thursday.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Exiled Cuban politician dead at 79

A former Cuban politician and father of two U.S. congressmen has died in Key Biscayne, Fla., at 79-years-old.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Inauguration donation snubbed by GOP

An inauguration sponsorship offered by Miami's Cuban-American National Foundation, once a power in Republican politics, has been snubbed by the GOP.

Top News // 1 decade ago

Accusations fly over Cuban Internet

Three Florida House members have charged an endowment from the wife of John Kerry may have financed the linkup of Cuba's Internet.

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The decision by Social Security to revise its previous plicy will provide critical, needed help to many needy elderly in our community
Cuban, Haitian immigrants to get benefits May 12, 2005

My father was my constant teacher and my best friend. He taught me how to live, and now he has taught me how to die
Exiled Cuban politician dead at 79 May 07, 2005

Lincoln Rafael Diaz-Balart (born Lincoln Rafael Diaz-Balart y Caballero on August 13, 1954), an American politician, a former member of the Florida House of Representatives, the Florida Senate, and since 1993 has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida's 21st congressional district (map). The district includes a small portion of northern Miami, along with several of Miami's northeastern suburbs.

He was born in Havana, Cuba. He was educated at American School of Madrid, Madrid, Spain; New College of Florida; and Case Western Reserve University, from which he earned a law degree.

Diaz-Balart is the son of the late Cuban politician Rafael Diaz-Balart. His aunt, Mirta Diaz-Balart, was the first wife of Fidel Castro. Her son and his cousin, is Fidel Ángel "Fidelito" Castro Díaz-Balart. His uncle is the Cuban-Spanish painter, Waldo Diaz-Balart.

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