A gas station in Havana, Cuba is pictured on August 16, 2015. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Israel Pardo, 27, pushes a bicycle with his one-year-old daughter while U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack speaks to farmers in the background at a rural agricultural cooperative in Guira de Melena, Cuba, November 13, 2015. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





Mario Munoz receives payment from a man to use his mobile ecological bathroom in Vertientes, Camaguey province November 13, 2015. Munoz, self-employed, is the owner of the mobile eco-bathroom. For neighborhood events, he rents a truck and opens the bathroom to the public for a small fee. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





A signboard lists out the charges to use a mobile ecological bathroom in Vertientes, Camaguey province November 13, 2015. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





A woman waits her turn to use a mobile ecological bathroom in Vertientes, Camaguey province November 13, 2015. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





Cubans use a mobile ecological bathroom in Vertientes, Camaguey province November 13, 2015. Mario Munoz, 46, self-employed, is the owner of the mobile eco-bathroom. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





A student stands near graffiti of the colours of Fidel Castro's 26th of July Movement (L) and the Cuban flag (R) in Vertientes, Camaguey province November 13, 2015. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





Isabel, 63, offers clothes for sale in her house in Cmaguey province, Cuba November 12, 2015. Picture taken November 12, 2015. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





Arelis (C), 74, a tutor, sits with her students in her house in Camaguey province, Cuba November 12, 2015. Picture taken November 12, 2015. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





Milena, 23, sits outside her house in Camaguey province, Cuba November 13, 2015. Picture taken November 13, 2015. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





Mariana, 92, sits in her house in Cmaguey province, Cuba November 12, 2015. Picture taken November 12, 2015. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





Photographers Jesus (L), 52, and Rodolfo, 55, pose for a picture in Vertientes, Camaguey province November 13, 2015. Picture taken November 13, 2015. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





A man walks near a picture of The Beatles in Camaguey province, Cuba November 12, 2015. Picture taken November 12, 2015. (Photo by Enrique de la Osa/Reuters)





Vintage cars pass by Riviera hotel at the seafront Malecon in Havana December 9, 2015. The heirs of American organized crime legend Meyer Lansky want compensation for his nationalizedhotel, the Riviera, the seaside home to one of the last casinos built in swinging Havana of the 1950s. (Photo by Reuters/Stringer)





Yoani Milagros, 15, (L), reacts during a concert by Puerto Rican singer Olga Tanon in Havana December 12, 2015. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





People watch a concert by Puerto Rican singer Olga Tanon from the balcony of a building as a Cuban national flag flutters in Havana December 12, 2015. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





Yanelis Blanco, 24, center, dances with a group of friends at Santa Maria beach, about 15 miles from Havana on April 5, 2015. It is the closest beach to Havana. Others, from left to right are Jackson Miranda, 21, Dayan Suarez, 24, and Melisa Oliva, 15. The men in the group have a rap group together. The government is demolishing buildings all over the coast of East Havana and recovering and restoring beach dunes. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Yakelin Hernandez, 18, poses for a photograph near The Malecon where The Carnival was held, on August 14, 2015. Colorful costumes, dancing, parades and street parties on the Malecon in Havana, Cuba are all part of Havana Carnival 2015 which was held in August. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





A street vendor fans herself as she sits on the sidewalk in the early morning shuffle in Havana, Cuba on August 4, 2015. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Cruz Rancol, 85, left, chases her chicken after it ran out the door of her Old Havana, Cuba home on the evening of August 4, 2015. Ernesto Solis, 9, left, and Haro Gonzalez, 9, balance a board on their laps as they play dominos. Michael Marquetti Perez, 20, right, sits in the doorway of his home. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Young members of the bicycle club, Pena Biciclismo Giovani Garcia Martinez, take a break from their training to swim in a lake outside of Havana, Cuba on August 13, 2015. The group's trainer, Jorge Alvarez, met with 3 American bicyclists in 2015 who promised to bring the club much needed equipment for the club. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Luis Angel Estrada, 17, right, wears a New York hat. In the neighborhood of Central Havana, a block hosted a birthday party for Fidel Castro on Thursday, August 13, 2015. As loud music plays, girls dance in the street. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Andris Trujillo, 8, tosses a yellow balloon into the air on the evening of August 15, 2015 in the Cerro (hill) neighborhood of Havana, Cuba on August 15, 2015. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





After all the guests have left her fourth birthday party, Belinda Gutierrez sits under the table that held her birthday cake on March 30, 2015. Her family recently moved to Camilo Cienfuegos in 2012 from Havana to have more space and a more peaceful life. Belinda has her own room which is filled with toys and clothes. The family lives in one of the original wooden homes built by the Hershey Company for the workers. Her father is a manager at The Havana Club rum distillery in nearby Santa Cruz del Norte. About 30 miles east of Havana lies the now defunct sugar mill town of Camilo Cienfuegos which was built by the famous American chocolatier, Milton Hershey, and was originally named Hershey. The town grew up around a giant sugar mill and featured American style amenities in Cuba, a golf course, baseball diamond, power plant, water system, school and rows of nice affordable wooden houses for the workers. Hershey also built an electric railway system which connects Hershey to the large cities of Havana and Matanzas allowing the sugar and employees to come and go with ease. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Children shriek as a roasted pig is brought into a birthday party in the neighborhood of Portuondo, in Santiago, Cuba on February 5, 2015. Santiago is the second largest city of Cuba. It is located in the south-eastern area of the island. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Les Daniel Manso, 22, sits with a guitar on his lap as his girlfriend, Glisveth Gonzalez, 15, right, rests her head on his shoulder. They are taking the electric train to Havana on March 30, 2015. About 30 miles east of Havana lies the now defunct sugar mill town of Camilo Cienfuegos which was built by the famous American chocolatier, Milton Hershey, and was originally named Hershey. The town grew up around a giant sugar mill and featured American style amenities in Cuba, a golf course, baseball diamond, power plant, water system, school and rows of nice affordable wooden houses for the workers. Hershey also built an electric railway system which connects Hershey to the large cities of Havana and Matanzas allowing the sugar and employees to come and go with ease. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





As the sun rises in Havana, one area, La Virgen del Camino, is bustling with morning commuting traffic. Lediel Escobar, 18, is pictured getting out of a shared taxi on April 1, 2015. New roads were constructed in the 1950s in this area. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





At 3 in the morning, patrons were rushed out the door. Four women with high heels gather with their purses. Popular salsa musicians Alexander Abreu Y Habana d' Primera play at La Cecilia on April 5, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. La Cecilia is a government owned music venue that features a large outdoor area. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Yoennis Blez, 33, barber, cuts the hair of Ernesto Pepone, 24, in the poor neighborhood of Portuondo, in Santiago, Cuba on February 5, 2015. Blez is a dwarf and also a worshiper of Satan. He has 666 and Satan written on the outside of his home, and the living room wall has a painting of the devil with Blez's face on it. Santiago is the second largest city of Cuba. It is located in the south-eastern area of the island. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





A group of teenagers play on a smart phone in an historic building in Old Havana on January 29, 2015. As talks continue between The United States and Cuba, Cubans could be about to enjoy vastly improved access to communications technology. (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Nueva Gerona is the capital of Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth}. Marble mountains that are mined in a nearby quarry, tower over one dirt road neighborhood. A pack of dogs bark near near chunks of the marble on the road. Isle of Youth is about 40 miles wide, it is the seventh-largest landmass in the Caribbean, and one of its most sparsely populated, with only about 80,000 residents. It is not part of any province and is therefore administered directly by the central government. It was once inhabited by pirates and is believed to be the inspiration for the novel “Treasure Island.” (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)





Alexi Pupo, 23, was born in this apartment complex called, Panel 2, in La Fe, Cuba on August 8, 2015. The land was once an American military base. He is bathing his horse, El Tremendo, which he uses for transportation with a cart. La Fe, is a town that was founded by U.S. citizens and originally named Santa Fe. Isla de la Juventud (Isle of Youth) is about 40 miles wide, it is the seventh-largest landmass in the Caribbean, and one of its most sparsely populated, with only about 80,000 residents. It is not part of any province and is therefore administered directly by the central government. It was once inhabited by pirates and is believed to be the inspiration for the novel “Treasure Island.” (Photo by Sarah L. Voisin/The Washington Post)