Hundreds honor Lincoln Díaz-Balart at memorial mass

South Florida gathers for memorial mass for ex-Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart
Lincoln Díaz-Balart, a ‘Free Cuba’ Republican in Congress, Dies at 70
‘Never stopped fighting for freedom’: Hundreds honor Lincoln Díaz-Balart at memorial mass
Decades later, in his final days, Diaz-Balart still spoke of that brief moment, seeing it as a reaffirmation of what his parents — his father, Rafael Lincoln, a power broker who rose to the presidency of the Cuban Senate under Fulgencio Batista, and his mother, Hilda Caballero Brunet — had always told him: “Every single person is special.”
Lincoln Díaz-Balart, congressman who fought Castro regime, dies at 70
Forced into exile as a boy, the Florida Republican became a voice for democracy in his native Cuba and a committed champion of immigrants.
Lincoln Díaz-Balart, defender of immigrants and democracy for Cuba in Congress, is dead
Balart, a Cuban-American Republican politician who defended immigrants and fiercely opposed Fidel Castro’s regime to help restore democracy in his native Cuba while serving for almost two decades in Congress representing South Florida,
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Lincoln Diaz Balart, a former Cuban-American lawmaker who fought for the embargo and migrants’ rights, dies at 70
Balart, who served in the Florida House, the Florida Senate, and the U.S. House of Representatives, died on Monday, according to his brother Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart. He was 70.