Brazil Appeals Court Restores UFPE’s Pronera-Only Medicine Selection for Sunday Exam

Overview

• The TRF5, through Judge Fernando Braga Damasceno, invalidated a second injunction from the 9th Federal Court that had halted the process days before the test.
• The AGU argued the legality of the edital, citing university autonomy and a lawful UFPE–Incra/Pronera arrangement, and the MPF also urged reconsideration of the suspension.
• The 80 seats are supplemental at UFPE’s Caruaru campus and financed by Incra/Pronera, with eligibility limited to reform-settlement beneficiaries, fund-credit families, registered camp residents, rural educators, and quilombolas.
• More than 1,200 candidates registered for a selection that uses an in-person essay and school records review, a format criticized by opponents in court filings.
• Medical associations and local politicians continue to contest the policy, and administrative reviews and threatened appeals, including to higher courts, remain in play.