[1] There are some Cuban-born persons living in Uruguay, for a number of reasons.
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.
[4] Official sources show that over 1,700 Cubans entered Uruguay in 2016.
There is a remarkable presence of Cuban ophthalmologists working for the Uruguayan national health system.