Cuban Uruguayans

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Cuban Uruguayans
Total population
456 (2011 Uruguayan Census)
Languages
Cuban Spanish and Rioplatense Spanish

Cuban Uruguayans are people born in Cuba who live in Uruguay, or Uruguayan-born people of Cuban descent. As of 2019, there were 24,485 Cubans living in Uruguay. [1]

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Overview

There are some Cuban-born persons living in Uruguay, for a number of reasons. Both countries share the Spanish language; their historical origins are common (part of the Spanish Empire). Uruguay is a very small, quiet country, where Cuban exiles have looked for a new opportunity as part of a big inflow of Latin Americans coming to Uruguay. [2]

The 2011 Uruguayan census revealed 456 people declaring Cuba as their country of birth. [3] As of 2013, there are just 6 Cubans registered in the Uruguayan social security. [4] Official sources show that over 1,700 Cubans entered Uruguay in 2016. [5] In 2018, 12,648 Cubans entered to Uruguay and left 4,005.

There is a remarkable presence of Cuban ophthalmologists working for the Uruguayan national health system. [6]

Cubans residing in Uruguay run their own association since 1989. [7]

Notable people

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References

  1. http://www.elnuevoherald.com/noticias/mundo/america-latina/cuba-es/article240164388.html. (in Spanish). Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  2. "Uruguay has 77,000 immigrants". Montevideo.comm. 17 June 2013.(in Spanish)
  3. "Immigration to Uruguay" (PDF). INE. Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 August 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.(in Spanish)
  4. "Foreign workers in Uruguay". EL PAIS. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 4 November 2013.(in Spanish)
  5. "Complex immigration numbers". Búsqueda. 5 January 2017.(in Spanish)
  6. "Cuban ophthalmologists working in Uruguay". El Espectador. 6 August 2014.(in Spanish)
  7. "Cubans residing in Uruguay" . Retrieved 14 December 2014.(in Spanish)