Roberto Ronda (L) and Leandro Wanton walk to deliver an order for their private lunch business in Havana on July 31, 2026. Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude is bringing a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman walks inside her home in Consolacion del Sur, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, on July 26, 2026. Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude is bringing a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

Roberto Ronda prepares food at his home for his private lunch-selling business in Havana on July 31, 2026. Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude is bringing a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

Roberto Ronda prepares food at his home for his private lunch-selling business in Havana on July 31, 2026. Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude is bringing a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

A woman cooks with firewood at her home in Consolacion del Sur, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, on July 26, 2026. Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude is bringing a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

Fidel Maqueira (L) stands beside Victorino Maqueira outside their home in Consolacion del Sur, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, on July 26, 2026. Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude is bringing a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

Residents sit and lie on beds placed on a street in the Centro Habana neighbourhood after the partial collapse of their building in Havana on July 30, 2026. Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude is bringing a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)

Victorino Maqueira (L) and Fidel Maqueira smoke cigars outside their home in Consolacion del Sur, Pinar del Rio province, Cuba, on July 26, 2026. Cubans take pride in facing hardship with resilience and ingenuity, but that fortitude is bringing a high psychological cost amid the island's latest protracted crisis. (Photo by YAMIL LAGE / AFP via Getty Images)