![]() By 2000, he returned to Spanish language network television he became the anchor of a new Telemundo morning program called Esta Manana. In August 1996, he made history by becoming the first Cuban-American to host a network news program when he began anchoring for the CBS News program This Morning. ![]() He subsequently established himself as a television news reporter in Miami, where he worked for WTVJ from 1988 till he was hired by CBS in May 1996. In 1987 he was one of the group of Journalists that founded Telemundo news, creating Noticias Telemundo/HBC. In December, 1984 he became the Central American Bureau Chief for what was then called the Spanish International Network (today known as Univision). Career Īfter spending a brief time in radio, he worked in print journalism during the mid-1980s, for United Press International. His aunt, Mirta Diaz-Balart, was Fidel Castro's first wife and therefore Fidel Castro is his uncle through marriage, and the late Fidel Castro Jr. His uncle, Waldo Diaz-Balart is an internationally recognized painter. representative) and attorney Lincoln Díaz-Balart (a former U.S. He has three brothers: Rafael Díaz-Balart (a banker), Mario Díaz-Balart (a U.S. ![]() ![]() He is the son of Rafael Díaz-Balart y Gutiérrez (a former Cuban politician) and Hilda Caballero Brunet. Diaz-Balart's family left Cuba in 1959, and he was raised in Madrid, Spain.
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