Brazil Markets Slide as Corruption Probe Ensnares BTG's Esteves
- Andre Esteves, Delcidio Amaral detained as graft probe widens
- Itau, Petrobras contribute most to equity gauge's slide
Brazil Billionaire Esteves Arrested in Probe
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Brazilian stocks and the real led world losses after a widening graft scandal ensnared a billionaire banker and a high-profile politician, worsening the crisis that put Latin America’s largest economy on track for the longest recession since the 1930s.