http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4472357.stm
Cuba plans on raising the minimum wage from 100 pesos to 225 pesos a month. Still that isn't much but did you know most citizens pay no rent, and education and health care are free. Cuba is also increasing monthly welfare payments.
Also, we may now include Cuba in the Axis of Evil, as they have now just discovered oil discovered off its coast.