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)