US Secretary of State Marco Rubio returns to his seat next 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)

Uzbekistan's President Shavkat Mirziyoyev 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)

Customers shop at a market in Havana as a passerby walks past a board listing food prices 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 car drives past a private business equipped with solar panels in Havana on October 19, 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 woman carries trays of eggs past a market 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 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)