when ebola ravaged west africa. cuba sent more than 200 medical workers to join in the fight. the work was praised and the u.s. secretary of state john kerry. for all the prays the u.s. government tried to disrupt the cuban programme since 2006. u.s. documents offering the right to live and work in the united states are offered to cuban nurses or doctors or professionals who are working or studying abroad under direction. it's called the cuban meld call parole programme. critics say it's the effect. >> cubans worked in the surgical center in venezuela. >> translation: it was in our minds before leaving cuba. the idea is to get to the united states this way. rodriguez knew about the programme. his brother-in-law used it a year ago to get to los angeles. >> it's designed to destroy cuba's medical diplomacy. that was one thing. the other is to stop earnings. cuba get a lot more than goodwill. take venezuela, where cuba has 10,000 health care providers, more there than in any other country. in return venezuela sends cuba 100,000 barrels of oil a day. others pay - dash about 8 bill

in ebola ravaged west africa, cuba sent more than 200 medical workers to join in the fight. the work praised by the world health organisation, and the kerry. >> reporter: for all the prays the u.s. government has tried to systematically try to disrupt the cuban programme since 2006. u.s. documents offering the right to live and work in the united states are offered to any cuban nurse or doctor or other medical professional who is working or studying abroad in a third country under cuban government direction. it's called the cuban medical parole programme. and critics say it's an enticement to defect. >> an enticement to defect for cubans like this, who worked in a surgical center. >> it was in our minds before leaving cuba, the idea is to get to the united states this way. through this programme. >> rodriguez knew about the programme because his prornal vegas. >> it designed to destroy cuba's medical diplomacy. that was one thing, and to stop the hard currency learnings. >> cuba gets a lot more than goodwill from the medical brigades. take venezuela, where cuba has an estima