Tourists enjoy a mojito while traveling in a vintage American car during a city tour of Varadero, Cuba, Wednesday, September 29, 2021. Authorities in Cuba have begun to relax COVID restrictions in several cities like Havana and Varadero. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A young tourist asks a waiter for a soft drink at the Iberostar Selection Varadero hotel in Varadero, Cuba, Wednesday, September 29, 2021. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A security employee checks the beach while tourists walk on the beach of the Iberostar Selection Varadero hotel in Varadero, Cuba, Wednesday, September 29, 2021. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Drivers of two vintage American cars check their vehicles in Varadero, Cuba, Wednesday, September 29, 2021. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A couple dances next to the Failde Orchestra danzón music album “Joyas Inéditas”, featuring a tobacco box, in Matanzas, Cuba, Saturday, October 2, 2021. “Joyas Inéditas” was launched in two formats: one standard with a typical acrylic case and the other inserted in a wooden box that includes five Cuban cigars. (Photo by Ramón Espinosa/AP Photo)





People wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic outside a grocery store where they wait for it to open in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, October 12, 2021. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Zaida sleeps over avocados as her caretakers Lázaro “Lachi” González and Adiel González give an interview at their home in Matanzas, Cuba, Thursday, October 7, 2021. The socialist government recently published a draft Family Law and asked for public comment ahead of a referendum on legalizing same-sеx marriage, as well as expanding grandparents rights, allowing for prenuptial agreements and in cases of divorce, create financial consequences for those who have committed gender violence, amid a total of 480 articles. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A worker at the restaurant La Guarida, wearing a mask as a precaution amid the spread of COVID-19, poses with photos of singer Rihanna in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, November 3, 2021. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Students wearing masks as a precaution amid the spread of COVID-19 attend their first day of school after months without face-to-face classes in Havana, Cuba, Monday, November 8, 2021. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Students wearing masks as a precaution amid the spread of COVID-19 put away a Cuban flag so it does not get wet in the rain on their first day of school after months without face-to-face classes in Havana, Cuba, Monday, November 8, 2021. As Cuba approaches the announced date of Nov. 15 for the reopening of the entire country to the world, getting children back to school is one of its priorities. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A student wearing a mask as a precaution amid the spread of COVID-19 raises his hand on the first day of school after months without face-to-face classes in Havana, Cuba, Monday, November 8, 2021. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A woman takes a photo of another on the Malecon in Havana, Cuba, Monday, November 8, 2021. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Yunior Garcia Aguilera, a playwright and one of the organizers of a protest march set for Monday, poses for a photo during an interview with The Associated Press at his home in Havana, Cuba, November 12, 2021. A spokesman for Spain's government says that leading Cuban activist Yunior Garcia has on Wednesday, Nov. 17 flown to Madrid with his wife. His departure from Cuba was unannounced. Garcia was one of the organizers of a protest on Monday in Cuba that was suppressed by government supporters. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Cuban flags drape the windows of the home of Yunior Garcia Aguilera, which block his windows and prevent his communicating with the outside, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, November 15, 2021. Garcia, one of the organizers of a banned opposition march, is a member of the internet debate forum Archipiélago which Cuban authorities considers illegal. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Government supporters sing in front of opposition activists Yunior Garcia Aguilera's home, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, November 14, 2021. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Opposition activist Yunior Garcia Aguilera, playwright and one of the organizers of a protest march, stands at a window of his home with a white flower, in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, November 14, 2021. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Police patrol the Paseo del Prado in Havana, Cuba, Monday, November 15, 2021. An opposition march planned for today was banned by the government. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





A bicycle taxi passes the home of Yunior Garcia Aguilera, one of the organizers of a banned opposition march, draped with Cuban flags as a way to block his windows and prevent his communicating with the outside in Havana, Cuba, Monday, November 15, 2021. Cuban authorities consider García's group Archipiélago, an internet debate forum, illegal. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Children sit after the opening ceremony of the new school year for primary school students, in Havana, Cuba, November 15, 2021. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)