Evis Leyva Carballo uses crutches to move around on one leg inside the abandoned building he calls home along the Malecon oceanfront drive January...
Passengers walk across the tarmac at Jose Marti International Airport after arriving on a charter plane operated by American Airlines January 19,...
Men hold a board up with their knees while playing a game of dominoes in Centro Habana, the most densely populated neighborhood in the city, January...
Cubans belly up to a refridgerator to purchase frozen hot dogs and ground beef at a store in the Habana Vieja neighborhood, January 20, 2015 in...
Chickens scurry about next to a solar panel on a farm just outside of Viñales, Cuba December 29, 2014. The United States announced last month that it...
Young boy, wearing a Cuba flag t-shirt, holds two pigeons in his hands while on a ferry ride from the suburb of Regla back to Havana, Cuba January 4,...
Car pulls into a gas station on February 25, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. U.S. And Cuban government officials are set to start a second round of talks on...
Waitress takes the orders from customers at the restaurant "El Balcon" a restaurant run out of a private home on February 25, 2015 in Havana, Cuba....
Cubans line up to buy eggs an indoor marketplace in the Habana Vieja neighborhood January 24, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. A long line formed on the busy...
Microphone is placed between the flags of the US and Cuba in the press briefing room during the first round of talks with the US government to...
Young family walks through Centro Habana, which is the neighborhood with the highest population density in the capital city, January 21, 2015 in...
Vendor sells pre-packaged chips and shredded vegatables in the Mercado Agropecuario in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana January 20, 2015 in Havana,...
Butcher sells meat in the Mercado Agropecuario in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana January 20, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. Legal in Cuba since the...
Cubans shop at the Mercado Agropecuario in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana January 20, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. Independent vendors set up shop in the...
Charger jet, operated by American Airlines, is parked on the tarmac at Jose Marti International Airport after flying directly from Miami January 19,...
In the suburb of Regla just a 5 minute ferry ride across from Havana, industrial cargo cranes and oil storage tanks are seen January 4, 2015. The...
Amore Drago Errera feeds his pigeons in the back of his home in the Regla suburb across the water from Havana, Cuba January 4, 2015. The United...
House at the foot of a rocky hillside just outside of Viñales, Cuba December 29, 2014. The United States announced last month that it will end its...
Raydel Quñones and Felix Portilla, work on a door frame in their carpenter shop January 2, 2015 in Od Havana, Cuba. The United States announced last...
The staff waits for customers to arrive at the El Cocinero a bar/restaurant on February 25, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. U.S. And Cuban government officials...
People attend a music event at an art gallery on February 25, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. U.S. And Cuban government officials are set to start a second...
Leidy Laura works in a privately-owned party supply store on February 25, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. U.S. And Cuban government officials are set to start...
Manicurists Susette Mora works on a customers nails at a privately-run beauty salon on February 25, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. U.S. And Cuban government...
Leidy Laura helps a customer in a privately-owned party supply store on February 25, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. U.S. And Cuban government officials are...
Flag poles are seen in front of the United States Interests Section as Cuba and the U.S. Governments prepare for the second round of discussions to...
Cranes stand idle in the Havana Harbor's Ensenada de Atares January 24, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. Diplomats from the United States and Cuba held historic...
Shoppers look at a small jewelry counter in an indoor marketplace in the Habana Vieja neighborhood January 24, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. After the Cuban...
Tightly packed apartment buildings in varying states of repair and disrepair stand in the Vedado neighborhood near the historic Malecon oceanfront...
The seven-story tall U.S. Interests Section building stands along the historic Malecon oceanfront drive January 23, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. As the...
14ymedio journalist Reinaldo Escobar attempts to ask Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs Roberta Jacobson a question during a...
Woman sits in the front seat of a independent taxi in Centro Habana, the neighborhood with the highest population density in the capital city,...
Using the most rudimentiary tools, a mechanic works to replace a bearing on a bicycle taxi on the street in the Habana Central neighborhood January...
Tourists walk along the plaza in front of the Capitolio, or the National Capitol Building, January 20, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. After a large...
Cubans shop at the Mercado Agropecuario in the Vedado neighborhood of Havana January 20, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. Independent vendors set up shop in the...
Luggage and goods, wrapped in plastic to protect against tampering and theft, are stacked on the conveyor belt in the baggae claim area at Jose Marti...
Garden of luggage and goods, wrapped in plastic to protect against tampering and theft, cover the baggae claim area at Jose Marti International...
With gold painted fingernails, a currency exchange official trades CUCs for U.S. Dollars at Jose Marti International Airport January 19, 2015 in...
Pedicab driver waits for a fare across the street from El Capitolio, or or the National Capitol Building, January 19, 2015 in Havana, Cuba. The...
Demolition and restoration projects continue along the Malecon seaside boulevard between the historic center and the uptown Vedado neighborhood...
Sen. Richard Durbin answers questions from reporters during a news conference with Sen. Debbie Stabenow , Sen. Patrick Leahy , Sen. Sheldon...
Sen. Patrick Leahy takes photographs of the journalists assembled for a news conference with Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse at the Hotel Saratoga January...
Eduardo Montes de Oca uses a paint spray gun to paint primer on an old 1951 Chevy he and the owner Michel are renovating in the Central Havana...
Pig is slaughtered for food in Viñales, Cuba December 30, 2014. The United States announced last month that it will end its fifty-year trade embargo...
Young boy holds his basketball waiting to continue his game, as an old American Car to passes by in the Old Havana neighborhood of Havana, Cuba...
Wedding Photographer photographs a couple in Plaza San Francisco December 28, 2014 in Old Havana, Cuba. The United States announced last month that...
Juana DeEspaigne sits in her apartment in Old Havana, Cuba January 6, 2015. Juana works part time teaching English and makes about $20 a month. Most...
Boys play basketball on a street with a makeshift 5 gallon plastic container as a net in the Old Havana neighborhood of Havana, Cuba January 4, 2015....
An old American car from the 50's used now as a taxi sits Viñales, Cuba while a horse carriage goes by December 30, 2014. The United States announced...
Pig is slaughtered for food in Viñales, Cuba December 30, 2014. The United States announced last month that it will end its fifty-year trade embargo...
Felix Portilla and Carlos Gallerde, work on with work on a door frame in their carpenter shop January 2, 2015 in Od Havana, Cuba.The United States...
Man walks down a sidewalk carrying several dozen eggs in Havana, Cuba January 6, 2015. The United States announced last month that it will end its...
Amore Drago Errera feeds his pigeons in the back of his home in the Regla suburb across the water from Havana, Cuba January 4, 2015. The United...
Young boy walks in the waters edge with the view of Havana, Cuba and it's Capitol building in the background from the Regla suburb across the water...
Left to right, Jose Coba Martinez Greisel a former ballet dancer, and Amore Drago Errera pose for a photo in their home in the Regla suburb across...
One of many of the old American cars leftover from the 1950's driven throughout Havana, Cuba is seen here January 6, 2015. The United States...
Bisente Rivera Joel, and another farm hand talk inside the drying barn on a farm just outside of Viñales, Cuba December 29, 2014. The United States...
Two young boys play cards in a doorway next to a bicycle cab in the old Havana neighborhood of Havana, Cuba January 4, 2015. The United States...
Osmar Rivero DeEspaigne applies cement to the side of a building during reconstruction January 2, 2015 in Old Havana, Cuba. The United States...
Juan Carlos, 57 works in his shoe repair shop in Havana, Cuba January 6, 2015. His apartment is upstairs from his shop and consists of only a bedroom...
Drag queen performs December 21, 2014 at Las Vegas Lounge in Havana, Cuba. The United States announced last month that it will end its fifty-year...