Balart, a Cuban American who fought tirelessly for a free Cuba and who spent 18 years in the U.S. House of Representatives as a member of a politically powerful South Florida family, has died after battling cancer,

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

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.

Balart, a Cuban-American ex-congressman from Miami, has died at age 70, his family said Monday. Diaz-Balart was first elected to the Florida House of Representatives in 1986, then served in the Florida Senate from 1989 to 1992.

Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1954, Díaz-Balart dedicated his career to public service, spending 24 years in elected office.

Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute Chair Lincoln Díaz-Balart, who served in both chambers of the Florida Legislature before winning a long-held seat in Congress, has died. He was 70. Díaz-Balart’s brother, U.S. Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart, shared word of his death Monday.

Balart, who was key to turning the Cuban embargo into law and represented Florida’s 21st congressional district for 18 years, has died.

Mario Díaz-Balart praised his brother's legacy in a statement on X, highlighting his brother's career as a "defender of the silent and oppressed.”

Former Congressman Lincoln Diaz-Balart (center) and then-Congresswoman ... community and respected in our state,” he said on X. “There was no greater enemy to Communism than he was, and ...

Lincoln Diaz-Balart, a Cuban American who fought tirelessly ... Mario Diaz-Balart, said in a statement on the social platform X that his brother was “a defender of the silenced and oppressed ...