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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2013
Accounting Policies [Abstract] |
Assets, Liabilities and Net Assets of Company's Venezuelan Subsidiaries | The following table sets forth the assets, liabilities and net assets of the Company’s Venezuelan subsidiaries, before intercompany eliminations, as of June 30, 2013 and December 31, 2012 and net revenues for the six-month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012.
|  | For the six-month periods ended |
|  | June 30, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Venezuelan operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Revenues |  | $ | 32,694,097 |  |  | $ | 23,658,890 |
|  | June 30, |  |  | December 31, |
|  | 2013 |  |  | 2012 |
Assets |  |  | 74,128,243 |  |  |  | 62,938,728 |
Liabilities |  |  | (28,719,423 | ) |  |  | (22,652,965 | )
Net Assets |  | $ | 45,408,820 |  |  | $ | 40,285,763 |

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