Cuban doctors tend to Brazil's poor, giving Rousseff a boost

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Cuban doctors tend to Brazil's poor, giving Rousseff a boost

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/cuban-doctors-tend-brazils-poor-giving-rousseff-boost-141952665.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/oGopqYB5R.4LU0g6Ytpoag--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-01T141952Z_1_CBRE9B013TB00_RTROPTP_2_BRAZIL-DOCTORS-CUBA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Cuban doctor Elisa Barrios Calzadilla inspects a patient during a house call in the city of Itiuba in the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil" align="left" title="Cuban doctor Elisa Barrios Calzadilla inspects a patient during a house call in the city of Itiuba in the state of Bahia, northeastern Brazil" border="0" /></a>By Anthony Boadle JIQUITAIA, Brazil (Reuters) - They were heckled and called slaves of a communist state when they first landed, but in the poorest corners of Brazil the arrival of 5,400 Cuban doctors is being welcomed as a godsend. The program to fill gaps in the national health system with foreign doctors, mainly from Cuba, could become a big vote-winner for President Dilma Rousseff as she eyes a second term in next year's election despite fierce opposition from Brazil's medical class. The move to tap Cuba's doctors-for-export program begun by former leader Fidel Castro became a priority for Rousseff after massive protests against corruption and shoddy public transport, education and healthcare services rocked Brazil in June. Brasilia signed a three-year contract to bring thousands of Cuban doctors to work in poor and remote areas where Brazilian physicians prefer not to practice.</p><br clear="all"/>

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