Frank Diaz-Silveira

Frank Diaz-Silveira

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birth_date=1936
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Frank Diaz-Silveira (born Francisco Diaz-Silveira Tamargo in 1936 in Havana, Cuba) is an anti-Castro Cuban militant. He was also an attorney in Florida and a former candidate for the Florida Senate, Mayor of Miami, Florida House of Representatives and Miami City Commission.

Family

Mr. Diaz-Silveira is the son of the imminent "Abogado-Notario" (attorney-notary) Francisco Diaz-Silveira Lopez and Ana Gloria Tamargo-Sanchez (sister of Margarita Tamargo-Sanchez). He is also the grandson of Francisco Diaz-Silveira and the second-cousin of Alonso J. del Portillo-Tamargo and the Cuban diplomat Modesto F. Fernandez Diaz-Silveira. Mr. Diaz-Silveira was married to Adela Jaramillo-Mora and they had four children, Adela Jane (1962- ), Francisco (1963- ), Alberto (1965- ), and Eduardo (1969). He later married in 1986 Armantina Forns-Cuervo, but that marriage also ended in divorce in 1991.

Education

He received his law degree at the University of Havana in 1957 and then graduated in 1975 from the American Law Program at the University of Miami.

Anti-Castro Activities

On November 16, 1960, Mr. Diaz-Silveira lead a group of young Cubans to attack the Cuban Embassy in Lima, Peru; taking documents of the archives of the diplomatic seat. On August 9, 1961, he was ejected from the Inter-American Economic and Social Conference for causing a fist fight and for interrupting a two hour speech being given by Ernesto Guevara.

Political Races

He first ran for office in 1975 for a seat on the City of Miami Commission, he lost. In 1976, he ran for the Florida House of Representatives, he lost. On November 2, 1982 Mr. Diaz-Silveira received 20,077 votes out of 49,041 votes in the Florida Senate race of District 34, against the incumbent Joe Gersten and in 1983, he ran for Mayor of the City of Miami, which he lost again.

References

* "Inside the Company: CIA Diary" by Phillip Agee, (1975 Stonehill)
* [http://www.intercuba.com/Canales/EfemeridesCubanas/Noviembre.htm Inter Cuba article] es icon
* "Cuba Exiles Call Casto Aide Assassin - Chicago Tribune", August 9, 1961
* "Anuario Social de La Habana 1939", (Luz-Hilo, S.A.) es icon
* "Directorio Social de La Habana 1948", (P. Fernandez y Cia, S. en C.) es icon
* "Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1949", (Editorial Lex) es icon
* "Libro de Oro de la Sociedad Habanera 1950", (Editorial Lex) es icon
* "Registro Social de La Habana 1958", (Molina y Cia, S.A.) es icon


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