{"id":273369,"date":"2025-11-05T09:58:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-05T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-sketches-from-a-life-memoir-by-former-congressman-lincoln-diaz-balart-now-available\/"},"modified":"2025-11-05T11:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T15:00:05","slug":"apuntes-de-una-vida-memorias-del-excongresista-lincoln-diaz-balart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/apuntes-de-una-vida-memorias-del-excongresista-lincoln-diaz-balart\/","title":{"rendered":"Sketches from A Life: Memoir by Former Congressman Lincoln D\u00edaz-Balart Now Available"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n                  <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Nov. 5, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The memoir <i>Sketches from A Life<\/i> by former U.S. Congressman Lincoln D\u00edaz-Balart (1954 &#8211; 2025) is now available for purchase on <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4549798-1&amp;h=2925545950&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSKETCHES-LIFE-Lincoln-Diaz-Balart%2Fdp%2FB0FYQVL8GB%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fcrid%3D3KS44D5GTIIF6%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pVlMdcuDkZVod2DNZxGstnsnINGkPZdZyNhQL5tAji8BXQ5VqFOXMwkQS7cZjNjwkjAUX0lG7iPlxEEcJWYGvYDrQFxYxvPXJ_TU0sMmyoJ26bmsjU8pcSHyOezu8EtAFtQKmipltk1K1eHJMtSggw.TbGJElu1xHGkpEkJ7TzupyrpcNwTubkXgrMbfj0KeAQ%26dib_tag%3Dse%26keywords%3Dlincoln%2Bdiaz-balart%26qid%3D1762273555%26sprefix%3D%252Caps%252C148%26sr%3D8-1&amp;a=Amazon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgb1b3left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgb1b3left\" title=\"Cover of &quot;Sketches From a Life&quot; by Lincoln Diaz-Balart\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2813613\/The_Congressional_Hispanic_Leadership_Institute_LDB_BC__English.jpg\" alt=\"Cover of &quot;Sketches From a Life&quot; by Lincoln Diaz-Balart\" align=\"middle\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>Born in Havana, Cuba, in 1954, in <i>Sketches from A Life<\/i>, Lincoln D\u00edaz-Balart chronicles his remarkable journey from exile to public service, culminating in his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1992, where he would serve for 18 years.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While in Congress, D\u00edaz-Balart authored several pieces of landmark legislation. In 1996, he led the effort to codify U.S. sanctions against the Castro dictatorship in Cuba, making their lifting contingent upon the release of all political prisoners and the scheduling of multiparty elections. The following year, he spearheaded the Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act (NACARA)\u2014the most significant immigration reform passed by the U.S. Congress since the 1986 Immigration Act\u2014granting relief to hundreds of thousands of immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>\n                  <i>Sketches from A Life<\/i> offers an insider&#8217;s account of how these and other legislative achievements were realized, blending personal narrative with the intricacies of policymaking. After retiring from Congress in 2011, D\u00edaz-Balart practiced law in Miami, chaired the Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute (CHLI)\u2014which he founded in 2003\u2014and established The White Rose Institute, which promotes the democratic principles of The White Rose, the first anti-Castro organization, founded by his father, Rafael L. D\u00edaz-Balart, in New York on January 28, 1959.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am grateful to have been able to work on this memoir with my father, and I am excited for readers to enjoy this first-hand account of his legislative achievements, as well as the unique personal anecdotes and life details he shares throughout <i>Sketches from A Life<\/i>,&#8221; said Daniel D\u00edaz-Balart.<\/p>\n<p>\n                  <i>Sketches from A Life<\/i> is available in paperback on <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4549798-1&amp;h=4219430540&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FSKETCHES-LIFE-Lincoln-Diaz-Balart%2Fdp%2FB0FYQVL8GB%2Fref%3Dsr_1_1%3Fcrid%3D3KS44D5GTIIF6%26dib%3DeyJ2IjoiMSJ9.pVlMdcuDkZVod2DNZxGstnsnINGkPZdZyNhQL5tAji8BXQ5VqFOXMwkQS7cZjNjwkjAUX0lG7iPlxEEcJWYGvYDrQFxYxvPXJ_TU0sMmyoJ26bmsjU8pcSHyOezu8EtAFtQKmipltk1K1eHJMtSggw.TbGJElu1xHGkpEkJ7TzupyrpcNwTubkXgrMbfj0KeAQ%26dib_tag%3Dse%26keywords%3Dlincoln%2Bdiaz-balart%26qid%3D1762273555%26sprefix%3D%252Caps%252C148%26sr%3D8-1&amp;a=Amazon.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Amazon.com<\/a> in English and in Spanish (<i>Apuntes de Una Vida<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p>Media Contact: Daniel D\u00edaz-Balart; <a href=\"mailto:daniel@diazbalartlaw.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">daniel@diazbalartlaw.com<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpg8a72left\" dir=\"ltr\" style=\"width: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n                  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpg8a72left\" style=\"width: 400px; height: 400px;\" title=\"The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/634856\/CHLI_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute\" align=\"middle\"\/>\n                <\/div>\n<p>Photo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4549798-1&amp;h=1034084641&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2813613%2FThe_Congressional_Hispanic_Leadership_Institute_LDB_BC__English.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F2813613%2FThe_Congressional_Hispanic_Leadership_Institute_LDB_BC__English.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/2813613\/The_Congressional_Hispanic_Leadership_Institute_LDB_BC__English.jpg<\/a><br \/>Logo &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/edge.prnewswire.com\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=4549798-1&amp;h=2659336459&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F634856%2FCHLI_Logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F634856%2FCHLI_Logo.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/634856\/CHLI_Logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCE The Congressional Hispanic Leadership Institute<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p>\n                  <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">MIAMI<\/span>, <span class=\"legendSpanClass\">Nov. 5, 2025<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; The memoir <i>Sketches from A Life<\/i> by former U.S. Congressman Lincoln D\u00edaz-Balart (1954 &#8211; 2025) is now available for purchase on &lt;a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":273370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-273369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gobierno-y-politica"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=273369"}],"version-history":[{"count":"1","href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":273372,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/273369\/revisions\/273372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/273370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=273369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=273369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=273369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}