With talks between Cuba and U.S. stalled, prospects for regime change fade

Jose Manuel Diaz, 83, a pensioned music professor who lives alone, sells used items on the street to survive in Havana, Cuba, May 6, 2026.

Cuba, the fastest-aging nation in Latin America and the Caribbean, has struggled for years under U.S. sanctions to provide basic services, with seniors now facing harsher conditions after a Trump administration move to cut off the island’s fuel supply.

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