Lincoln Díaz-Balart, a ‘Free Cuba’ Republican in Congress, Dies at 70
The Florida scion of an anti-communist political family, he served in the House for 18 years at a time when Cuban Americans exerted peak influence on U.S. policies.
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Former Congressman Lincoln Díaz-Balart dies at 70
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British couple in their 70s arrested by Taliban
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