On the porch, [Cuban farmer Luis Torres Garcias’] wife, Milagros Moreno, carefully sorts rice, picking out impurities grain by grain. She worked as a nurse in Güira de Melena, but transport has deteriorated to the point that she can no longer make it in. Both are critical of Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign.

“That crazy old man should leave Cuba alone so we can trade with other countries,” Torres García says, clicking his tongue. “They want to suffocate us, to provoke war against the state.”