MIAMI -- Many gather Saturday morning to remember and honor Lincoln Díaz-Balart, the longtime South Florida congressman and ...

The Florida scion of an anti-communist political family, he served in the House for 18 years at a time when Cuban Americans ...

Balart, an influential figure in Florida politics and a fervent defender of democracy in Cuba, died on March 3 at the age of ...

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Forced into exile as a boy, the Florida Republican became a voice for democracy in his native Cuba and a committed champion ...

Balart, a Cuban-American Republican politician who defended immigrants and fiercely opposed Fidel Castro’s regime to help ...

His death prompted an outpouring of tributes from political leaders and community figures who hailed his legacy as a ...

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 ...

A public memorial mass was held Saturday morning at Corpus Christi Catholic Church in Miami for former Congressman Lincoln ...

Balart, a Cuban American who fought tirelessly for a free Cuba and who spent 18 years in Congress, has died after battling ...

"[He] was the conscience of the community and a great deal-maker and strategist," said the attorney's friend Marcell Felipe.