Students hold images of the late Cuban President Fidel Castro during an event commemorating the five year anniversary of his death, in Havana, Cuba, November 24, 2021. (Photo by Alexandre Meneghini/Reuters)





Cheerleading team jumps with LGBT flags at the Gran Muthu Rainbow Hotel, in Guillermo Key in Ciego de Avila Province, Cuba, on November 27, 2021. Cuba's first LGBT hotel, which had been inaugurated in December 2019, but very soon had to close due to the coronavirus pandemic, reopened to attract that tourist segment at a time when authorities are studying the approval of equal marriage on the island. Under all preventive sanitary measures, this five-star accommodation received its first clients again on November 15, when Cuba reopened its borders after 10 months of confinement. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





People walk in front of the Yara cinema on the opening day of the International Festival of New Latin American Cinema, in Havana, Cuba on December 4, 2021. (Photo by Natalia Favre/Reuters)





Cuban pilgrims take part in the Saint Lazarus procession at El Rincon Church in Havana, on December 16, 2021. Thousands of believers gather every year on this date, in this church to fulfill promises to Saint Lazarus – for Christians – or Babalu Aye, for the faithful of the Afro-Cuban religion. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Natalhie Fonseca makes soft toys for children that she sells under her brand “Carrete” in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, December 26, 2021. The 32-year-old mother of two girls helps her husband run a cafeteria while she runs her business, an online store of children's products that she manufactures with hypoallergenic fillers. (Photo by Ismael Francisco/AP Photo)





View of a large-format sculpture installed within the framework of the Detrás del Muro (Behind the Wall) project of the 14th Havana Biennial, on January 4, 2022. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Relatives show photos of the three Roman siblings who are in prison accused of participating in anti-government protests, at their home in the La Guinera neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, January 19, 2022. Six months after surprising protests against the Cuban government, more than 50 protesters charged with sedition are headed to trial and could face prison sentences up to 30 years. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Odlanier Santiago Rodríguez, who was accused of participating in the recent protests against the government and released after 22 days in prison, waits by the door of his home in La Guinera neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, January 19, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Maria Carla Milan Ramos, wife of Yosney Emilio Román Rodríguez, who is in prison with his two siblings, accused of participating in the recent protests against the government, looks at her cell phone in the patio of their home in the La Guinera neighborhood of Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, January 19, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Young Cubans participate in the Torchlight March on the 169th anniversary of the birth of poet Jose Marti in Havana on January 27, 2022. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Christian Emanuel Castellanos Rangel, 22, prepares as his friend Mario Cesar Queadas Cruz, 17, places a makeshift wood piece between his scapulas to tighten a rope to pull a car in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, January 31, 2022. (Photo by Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)





Christian Emanuel Castellanos Rangel, 22, pulls a car with a makeshift wood piece to tighten his scapulas during a training session in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, January 30, 2022. (Photo by Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)





Christian Emanuel Castellanos Rangel, 22, pulls a car with a makeshift wood piece to tighten his scapulas during a training session in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, January 30, 2022. Christian Enmanuel claims to have broken the world record for heaviest vehicle pulled with the shoulder blades. Using a block of wood gripped between his scapulas, he pulled a car weighing 1,100kg – the Guinness world record, set in India in 2016, is 1,070kg. (Photo by Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)





Jefrey, 6 years old, stands next to a hand-painted mural depicting Ernesto «Che» Guevara and the Cuban flag at the entrance of a building in Havana, Cuba, February 3, 2022. (Photo by Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)





An old American car is seen in Havana as a rainbow appears in the sky, on February 3, 2022. The Cuban government on Thursday “emphatically and forcefully” demanded the end of the U.S. embargo on the island, which was reinforced “to unsuspected limits” amid the covid-19 pandemic, as it celebrates its 60th anniversary. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Fernando Sergio Paneque, 80, swims during the Campeonato Nacional de Natacion Master (National Master Swimming Championship) in Havana, Cuba, February 6, 2022. (Photo by Amanda Perobelli/Reuters)





An old American car drives as strong wind pushes a wave in Havana malecon, on February 9, 2022. (Photo by Yamil Lage/AFP Photo)





Wearing masks amid the COVID-19 pandemic, a man transports a customer on a bicycle taxi in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, February 16, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





Wearing masks as a precaution against the spread of the new coronavirus, a woman drives a car in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, February 16, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)





People wear masks to curb the spread of COVID-19, as they wait their turn to shop at a state store in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, FFebruary 16, 2022. (Photo by Ramon Espinosa/AP Photo)