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• Cuba cuts state payroll, private sector jobs grow 23 pct in 2012 Thursday, 27 Dec 2012 | 1:04 PM ET

  HAVANA, Dec 27- Cuba's drive to slash state payrolls and spur private-sector growth picked up surprising steam in 2012 as President Raul Castro moved ahead with reforms to the Soviet-style economy, according to figures unveiled recently with little hoopla.

• If Chavez Dies, What's Next for the US and Venezuela? Friday, 21 Dec 2012 | 11:25 AM ET

  

  The implications of Hugo Chavez's illness are enormous, for Venezuela, for the world, and particularly for the U.S., which remains highly dependent on imports of Venezuelan crude.

• Praise, skepticism as Cuba eases travel rules Wednesday, 17 Oct 2012 | 9:16 AM ET

  HAVANA-- For the first time since the height of the Cold War more than half a century ago, Cuba is giving its people the freedom to leave the country without government permission, scrapping the detested exit visa that kept many from traveling outside the communist nation for even a few days. said Mercedes Delgado, a 73- year-old retiree. "

• Cuba closes hospitals amid health reorganization Wednesday, 10 Oct 2012 | 2:14 PM ET

  HAVANA-- Cuba shuttered hundreds of medical facilities last year, including 54 hospitals, as the country reorganizes its health care sector. Cuba is proud of the universal, free health system installed after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution, but his younger brother and successor Raul Castro has stressed that medical care must be more efficient and less wasteful.

• Chavez wins 6 more years in tightest race yet Monday, 8 Oct 2012 | 8:23 AM ET

  CARACAS, Venezuela-- President Hugo Chavez put to rest any doubts about his masterful political touch in winning a third consecutive six-year term after a bitterly fought race against a youthful rival who has galvanized Venezuela's opposition.

• Cuba Rules Out Political Change   Wednesday, 28 Mar 2012 | 11:10 AM ET

  

  CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera has the story on Pope Benedict's visit to Cuba, praying for those denied freedom on the communist island.

• The Pope's Meeting with Fidel Castro   Wednesday, 28 Mar 2012 | 7:52 AM ET

  

  CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera has the story on economic change in Cuba, and Fidel Castro's upcoming meeting with Pope Benedict.

• Cuba's Papal Visit   Tuesday, 27 Mar 2012 | 11:02 AM ET

  

  CNBC's Michelle Caruso-Cabrera has the story on Pope Benedict's visit to Cuba as the country sits on the edge of significant economic reform.

• Inside Cuba: Photos From Havana Monday, 26 Mar 2012 | 1:27 PM ET

  

  From classic cars that still prowl the streets, to the business of tourism, we take you inside Cuba for a look at what life is like for its 11 million citizens.

• Inside Cuba: Market Economy Takes Hold in Socialist State Monday, 26 Mar 2012 | 11:56 AM ET

  

  The pope's visit to Cuba is providing a rare opportunity to see first hand the economic state of one of the last bastions of socialism, and whether or not a few new market-oriented laws are the start of meaningful change.