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Note 14 - Goodwill - Carrying Amount of Goodwill Allocated to the Different Cash-Generating Units (Details) - BRL (R$) R$ in Millions | Dec. 31, 2017 | Dec. 31, 2016 | Dec. 31, 2015
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Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | R$ 31,401.9 | R$ 30,511.2 | R$ 30,953.1
North Latin America segment - Brazil, cash-generating unit [member] |  |  |  |
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | 17,668.4 | 17,424.6 |
Goodwill, gross |  | 102,911.0 | 102,667.2 |
Goodwill, non-controlling transactions | [1] | (85,242.6) | (85,242.6) |
North Latin America segment - Dominican Republic, cash-generating unit [member] |  |  |  |
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | 3,163.6 | 3,224.9 |
North Latin America segment - Cuba, cash-generating unit [member] |  |  |  |
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill | [2] | 2.7 | 3.6 |
North Latin America segment - Panama, cash-generating unit [member] |  |  |  |
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | 1,149.3 | 1,060.1 |
South Latin America segment - Argentina, cash-generating unit [member] |  |  |  |
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | 443.9 | 518.0 |
South Latin America segment - Bolivia, cash-generating unit [member] |  |  |  |
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | 1,170.1 | 1,152.8 |
South Latin America segment - Chile, cash-generating unit [member] |  |  |  |
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | 47.0 | 42.7 |
South Latin America segment - Paraguay, cash-generating unit [member] |  |  |  |
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | 786.1 | 753.7 |
South Latin America segment - Uruguay, cash-generating unit [member] |  |  |  |
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | 170.7 | 165.8 |
Cash-generating unit in Canada [member] |  |  |  |
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |  |
Goodwill |  | R$ 6,800.1 | R$ 6,165.0 |
[1] | It refers to the exchange of shareholdings operation occurred in 2013 as a result of the adoption of the predecessor basis of accounting.
[2] | The functional currency of Cuba, the Cuban convertible peso (CUC), has a fixed parity with the dollar (USD) at balance sheet date.

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