 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.On November 16, 1960, Mr. Diaz-Silveira led 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.