Residents walk past dilapidated mansion on Villegas Street in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, October 5, 2023. The two-story building, which houses six families, is one of many, once luxurious houses that in recent years have partially collapsed or suffered visible damage. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





The Capitol dome is illuminated amid residential buildings in downtown Havana, Cuba, late Monday, October 9, 2023. Cuba's housing crisis is one of the most pressing challenges facing the island, where a humid climate, the passage of cyclones and hurricanes, poor maintenance of old buildings and a low completion rate of new ones are usually among the top complaints among residents. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A tourist arrives in a classic American car for a cabaret show at the Tropicana performance hall in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, November 2, 2023. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





The teacher of stained glass restoration at the School Workshop of Havana, Mirell Vázquez, talks in front of a historical stained glass window on November 7, 2023, in Havana. The magic of the union of light and color – the art of stained glass – has flourished over the centuries in Havana, where restoration work is helping to preserve this jewel of Cuban architecture. (Photo by Adalberto Roque/AFP Photo)





People walk under a sign announcing a private grocery store, left, in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, November 11, 2023. Dozens of tiny grocery stores have sprung up around Cuba in recent months, referred to locally as “mipymes” – pronounced MEE-PEE-MEHS, offering many products not available elsewhere and usually operate out of private homes or garages. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Cuban veterans participate in a parade commemorating the 65th anniversary of Fidel Castro's entry in Havana on January 8, 2024. (Photo by Adalberto Roque/AFP Photo)





A veteran of the 1959 Cuban Revolution attends a ceremony marking the 65th anniversary of the arrival of Fidel Castro to the capital as head of the rebel army, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, January 8, 2024. Castro and his rebels arrived in Havana via caravan on Jan. 8, 1959, after toppling dictator Fulgencio Batista. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People sit on the malecon with an image of Fidel Castro as they wait for the arrival of the parade of the 65th anniversary of the arrival of Fidel Castro to the capital as head of the rebel Army in Havana, Cuba, Monday, January 8, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A flower vendor rides past on his bicycle, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, January 9, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A bread vendor pushes his cart down a street, in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, January 9, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Smoking torches lie on the pavement after the March of Torches which is held annually in celebration of the birth anniversary of Cuba's independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana, Cuba on January 27, 2024. (Photo by Norly Perez/Reuters)





A street vendor walks through Old Havana selling onions and garlic, in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, January 31, 2024. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People wait in line to refuel their cars in Havana, Cuba, Friday, February 2, 2024. Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel removed the country's economy minister on Friday, according to state media, following a delay in recently announced measures to increase the prices of fuel and transportation. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A car passes through an area of the boardwalk hit by strong waves in Havana, Cuba, 05 February 2024. The Cuban Institute of Meteorology (Insmet) recorded strong gusts of wind of up to 104 kilometers per hour and strong waves in the west of the island due to a cold front associated with an “extratropical low”. (Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA)





A mother and daughter prepare to make an offering of sunflowers to the Virgin of Charity of Cobre at her shrine in El Cobre, Cuba, Sunday, February 11, 2024. The Vatican-recognized Virgin, venerated by Catholics and followers of Afro-Cuban Santeria traditions, is at the heart of Cuban identity, uniting compatriots from the Communist-run Caribbean island to those who were exiled or emigrated to the U.S. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A woman uses her mobile phone in downtown Havana, Cuba, on March 17, 2024. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





A woman with her son signals a car on a dark street during a blackout in Bauta municipality, Artemisa province, Cuba, on March 18, 2024. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Diana Ruiz sits next to her son at their home in Havana on March 27, 2024. Claims for lack of food coupled with long blackouts, which affected almost the entire Cuban population in recent weeks, led hundreds of people to demonstrate on March 17 in at least four cities in the country, in the largest protests recorded since the historic anti-government marches of July 11, 2021. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Cuban Greco-Roman wrestler Mijain Lopez takes part in a training session in Varadero, Cuba on April 3, 2024. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





Greco-Roman wrestler Cuba's Mijain Lopez Nunez lifts weights during a training session in Varadero, Cuba, Wednesday, April 3, 2024. Lopez will be part of the Cuban delegation to Paris in pursuit of a fifth Olympic gold to mark the end of his career. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)