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This article aims to analyze the phenomenon of populisms with a specific interest in the Latin American scene. For this, the research proposes an update of terms and concepts developed by the literature and a possible analytical use to reflect on concrete situations considered populist in this region. In this way, this work analyzes the new order of populists of the 21st century in three Latin American countries: Venezuela, Brazil, and Mexico, aiming to verify their points of contact, similarities, and differences. The study was developed using qualitative and descriptive methodology, contemplating literature review and empirical analysis. The relevance of the topic is justified by the importance of understanding what has been happening with democracies in process of stabilization, especially through a perspective that comes from the Global South. As a result, it was possible to conclude that, in recent years, the rise of the populist wave has contributed to the democratic recession, so that populism has returned –reformulated– in Latin America. What has been shown is that populisms, once installed in power, have great potential to significantly undermine democratic structures, making it difficult to consolidate constitutional democracies in the region. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses the intersection of race, gender and class in the production of inequalities experienced by domestic workers in Brazil and how these inequalities are accentuated in the context of a pandemic crisis. Based on an analysis of the data issued by the Brazilian National Household Sample Survey (Pnad-Contínua) and on interviews with domestic workers in the metropolitan region of Goiânia, we examine the inequalities in the relationship between work and family, considering aspects related to working conditions, the use of time and domestic arrangements. The results indicate that the pandemic, preceded and intensified by a harsh context of economic recession and expansion of policies for the flexibilization of labor rights, has amplified historically structural inequalities in the occupation. These elements affect the everyday lives of domestic workers, reorganizing domestic arrangements and their temporal experiences. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Purpose: Analyze the relevance of Goodwill for the Brazilian capital market and verify for possible differences in periods of economic recession. Methodology: Economic and financial data of companies that trade shares in Brazil, Bolsa e Balcão (B3) were used quarterly in the period from 2011 to 2018. To measure the relevance of Goodwill, the residual value assessment model that is based on Ohlson's studies (1989) and Ohlson (1995). For data analysis, quantile regression was chosen, in quantiles 0.10; 0.25; 0.50; 0.75 and 0.90. Results: The market reacts positively to the increase in Goodwill at all levels (0.10; 0.25; 0.50; 0.75; 0.90) of the companies analyzed, which suggests that the increase in its value in relation to the asset it implies an increase in market value, not only on average, but for all companies, which converges with the findings of Hartwig (2018) and Faleiro and Souza (2018). In periods of economic recession, it is clear that the companies allocated in the 0.25, 0.50 and 0.90 quantiles are sensitive to a decrease in market value, which shows that the crisis has implications for these companies. In addition, there is no significant difference in the relevance of Goodwill in times of economic crisis and in periods of non-existence of the economic crisis. Contributions of the Study: As a theoretical contribution, we highlight the collection of data in a more timely manner, in which the Market Value variable was collected on the date of publication of the reports and the use of quantile regression, a different approach, in which we can observe in which range the variation of the Goodwill is more relevant to the market. Even so, it is emphasized that the results of the study are important for external users, especially when considering the discussion that occurs in the IASB about Goodwill. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]