A truck carrying plastic fuel containers is parked at a service station in Havana on October 17, 2026. Food, fuel and solar panels: Cuban imports from the United States have reached a record $875.9 million so far in 2026, even as Washington enforces its toughest sanctions against the island in decades. Paradoxically, although the United States has imposed an oil embargo on Cuba since January, it has also become a key fuel supplier through sales to the country's growing private sector. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

A pedestrian walks past stacked shipping containers belonging to shipping companies Maersk and CMA CGM in Havana on October 16, 2026. Food, fuel and solar panels: Cuban imports from the United States have reached a record $875.9 million so far in 2026, even as Washington enforces its toughest sanctions against the island in decades. Paradoxically, although the United States has imposed an oil embargo on Cuba since January, it has also become a key fuel supplier through sales to the country's growing private sector. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

An old US classic car drives past a SuperMax wholesale store in Havana on October 16, 2026. Food, fuel and solar panels: Cuban imports from the United States have reached a record $875.9 million so far in 2026, even as Washington enforces its toughest sanctions against the island in decades. Paradoxically, although the United States has imposed an oil embargo on Cuba since January, it has also become a key fuel supplier through sales to the country's growing private sector. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor speaks during a dinner with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council (AUBIC) at the Congress Center in Samarkand on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

A street vendor stands beside a stall advertising chicken in Havana on October 17, 2026. Food, fuel and solar panels: Cuban imports from the United States have reached a record $875.9 million so far in 2026, even as Washington enforces its toughest sanctions against the island in decades. Paradoxically, although the United States has imposed an oil embargo on Cuba since January, it has also become a key fuel supplier through sales to the country's growing private sector. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

US Ambassador to India Sergio Gor speaks during a dinner with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council (AUBIC) at the Congress Center in Samarkand on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Saida Mirziyoyeva, daughter of Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and head of the Presidential Administration speaks during a dinner with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council (AUBIC) at the Congress Center in Samarkand on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks to his wife Jeanette Dousdebes Rubio after delivering a speech during a dinner with Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev and the American-Uzbek Business and Investment Council (AUBIC) at the Congress Center in Samarkand on October 19, 2026. (Photo by Kylie Cooper / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)