EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil stocks, currency extend losses on corruption woes

(Updates after market close) By Bruno Federowski SAO PAULO, May 22 (Reuters) - Brazilian markets extended their losses on Monday on fears the country's mushrooming political crisis will derail efforts to pull Latin America's biggest economy out of its worst-ever recession. Currencies and stock indexes across Latin America showed volatile trading amid risk aversion in the region, though Mexico's peso firmed 0.27 percent thanks to higher oil prices. Brazil's real closed 0.59 perce

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