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Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2014
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 March 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013 and net revenues for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2014 and 2013:
|  | Three-month period ended March 31, |
|  | 2014 |  |  | 2013 |
Venezuelan operations |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Net Revenues |  | $ | 19,356,587 |  |  | $ | 15,130,551 |
|  | March 31, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
Assets |  |  | 125,455,211 |  |  |  | 126,873,804 |
Liabilities |  |  | (51,591,061 | ) |  |  | (62,437,338 | )
Net Assets |  | $ | 73,864,150 |  |  | $ | 64,436,466 |
Summary of Changes Accumulated Balances of Other Comprehensive Income | The following tables summarize the changes in accumulated balances of other comprehensive income for the three-month period ended March 31, 2014 and the year ended December 31, 2013:
|  | March 31, 2014 |  |  | December 31, 2013 |
Foreign currency translation |  | $ | (104,216,669 | ) |  | $ | (87,481,437 | )
Unrealized gains on investments |  |  | 55,210 |  |  |  | 36,626 |
Estimated tax loss on unrealized gains on investments |  |  | (16,881 | ) |  |  | (11,159 | )
|  | $ | (104,178,340 | ) |  | $ | (87,455,970 | )
|  | Unrealized Gains on Investments |  |  | Foreign Currency Translation |  |  | Estimated tax (expense) benefit |  |  | Total |
Balances as of December 31, 2013 |  | $ | 36,626 |  |  | $ | (87,481,437 | ) |  | $ | (11,159 | ) |  | $ | (87,455,970 | )
Other comprehensive income before reclassification adjustments for gains on available for sale investments |  |  | 55,210 |  |  |  | (16,735,232 | ) |  |  | (16,881 | ) |  |  | (16,696,903 | )
Amount of gain (loss) reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income to net income |  | $ | (36,626 | ) |  |  | — |  |  | $ | 11,159 |  |  |  | (25,467 | )
Net current period other comprehensive income |  |  | 18,584 |  |  |  | (16,735,232 | ) |  |  | (5,722 | ) |  |  | (16,722,370 | )
Balances as of March 31, 2014 |  | $ | 55,210 |  |  | $ | (104,216,669 | ) |  | $ | (16,881 | ) |  | $ | (104,178,340 | )
Details about Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income Components for the three-month period ended March 31, 2014 |  | Amount of Gain (Loss) Reclassified from Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income |  |  | Affected Line Item in the Statement of Income
Unrealized gains on investments |  | $ | 36,626 |  |  | Interest income and other financial gains
Estimated tax loss on unrealized gains on investments |  |  | (11,159 | ) |  | Income / asset tax expense
Total reclassifications for the period |  | $ | 25,467 |  |  | Total, net of income taxes

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