Pregnant Cuban in demonstration in front of the Cuban embassy: “Thanks to Uruguay my daughter will be born free”

A pregnant Cuban migrant demonstrated last Friday in front of the Cuban embassy in Montevideo with a striking sign that said “Thanks to Uruguay my daughter will be born free.”

The dr. Laura Labrada, this future mother, who carried the striking poster, was part of a group of Cubans who demonstrated in front of the Cuban embassy “for the victims of communism, for the political prisoners of communism, for the complicit silence of the left.” ,according to a call launched by the Free Cubans association in Uruguay.

This group of Cuban migrants highlighted that Labrada's message “captivated the eyes of all those who saw us demand freedom for the people of Cuba in front of the dictatorship's embassy in Montevideo, Uruguay.”

The Cuban community in Uruguay is growing and more articulate. According to political refugee Jorge Valdés, founder of Cubanos Libres in Uruguay, in 2022, the Cuban community established in the South American country was no longer transit, but was growing and developing, increasingly integrated into society.

“Uruguay has been a favorite destination for Cubans for many years (...) We are no longer a transit community and Uruguay is not a springboard, as is sometimes said, for Cubans,” said Valdés.

Last April, for example, it became known thatMore than 60 families have formed a neighborhood of Cuban migrants in Uruguay for five years, after an irregular journey through numerous borders.

The Cubans have settled in the town of San José de Carrasco Norte, in a peripheral area of the City of La Costa, in the department of Canelones, 26 kilometers from Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital.

However, a few days ago worrying news emerged.Around 10 thousand Cuban migrants in Uruguay could remain undocumenteddue to new requirements for visa applications in the eastern country.

This is a group of Cubans who arrived in the country a couple of years ago, and who initially requested refugee status, which they then renounced to process a visa for regular stay within the borders.

However, the Uruguayan government has no intention of deporting undocumented immigrants.