Cuba's President Raul Castro, bottom left, and Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, bottom right, raise their hands to vote on the 2013 budget during a session by the National Ass

Cuba's President Raul Castro, bottom left, and Vice President Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, bottom right, raise their hands to vote on the 2013 budget during a session by the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The session is one of the National Assembly's twice-yearly gatherings. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate)