Cuban doctor Elza Vega Rodriguez inspects a pregnant patient at the Health Center in the city of Piaus in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil November 20, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 20, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Cuban doctor Elisa Barrios Calzadilla inspects a patient during a house call in the city of Itiuba in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil November 20, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 20, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Cuban doctor Dania Rosa Alvero Pez examines a young patient at the Health Center in the city of Jiquitaia in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil, November 18, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 18, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Cuban doctor Elisa Barrios Calzadilla conducts a house call in the city of Itiuba in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil November 20, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 20, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Patients wait for the arrival of Cuban doctor Dania Rosa Alvero Pez, who works at the Health Center at the city of Jiquitaia in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil, November 18, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 18, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Patients wait to see Cuban doctor Eliza Barrios Calzadilla at the Health Center in the city of Itiuba in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil, November 20, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 20, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

A patient waits to be seen by Cuban doctor Dania Rosa Alvero Pez, who works at the Health Center at the city of Jiquitaia in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil, November 18, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 18, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Cuban doctors Luis Augusto Casal (R) and Luis Ramirez (L) sit in the house where they are living as they await employment authorization by the Ministry of Health in order to work in city of Itiuba in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil November 20, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 20, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ( BRAZIL - Tags : POLITICS HEALTH) 

Cuban doctor Dania Rosa Alvero Pez poses for a photo in the street, near the health center where she works, in the city of Jiquitaia in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil, November 18, 2013. Patients wait for the arrival of Cuban doctor Dania Rosa Alvero Pez, who works at the Health Center at the city of Jiquitaia in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil, November 18, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 18, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Cuban doctor Elza Vega Rodriguez poses for a photo near the health center where she works in the city of Piaus in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil November 20, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 20, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Cuban doctor Elisa Barrios Calzadilla poses for a photo in the street near the health center in the city of Itiuba in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil November 20, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 20, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino (BRAZIL - Tags: POLITICS HEALTH) 

Cuban doctor Elza Vega Rodriguez (2nd L) walks with her Brazilian team of assistants near the health center where they work, in the city of Piaus in the state of Bahia, north-eastern Brazil November 20, 2013. 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. Picture taken November 20, 2013. To match story BRAZIL-DOCTORS/CUBA REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino ( BRAZIL - Tags : POLITICS HEALTH)