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Note 14 - Goodwill (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of reconciliation of changes in goodwill [text block] |
|  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
Balance at end of previous year |  |  | 30,511.2 |  |  |  | 30,953.1 |
Effect of movements in foreign exchange |  |  | 489.7 |  |  |  | (2,388.9 | )
Acquisition and disposal through business combinations (i) |  |  | 401.0 |  |  |  | 1,947.0 |
Balance at the end of year |  |  | 31,401.9 |  |  |  | 30,511.2 |
Disclosure of information for cash-generating units [text block] |
|  | Functional currency |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |
LAN: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Brazil |  |  | BRL |  |  |  | 17,668.4 |  |  |  | 17,424.6 |
Goodwill |  |  |  |  |  |  | 102,911.0 |  |  |  | 102,667.2 |
Non-controlling transactions (i) |  |  |  |  |  |  | (85,242.6 | ) |  |  | (85,242.6 | )
Dominican Republic |  |  | DOP |  |  |  | 3,163.6 |  |  |  | 3,224.9 |
Cuba (ii) |  |  | USD |  |  |  | 2.7 |  |  |  | 3.6 |
Panama |  |  | PAB |  |  |  | 1,149.3 |  |  |  | 1,060.1 |
LAS: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Argentina |  |  | ARS |  |  |  | 443.9 |  |  |  | 518.0 |
Bolivia |  |  | BOB |  |  |  | 1,170.1 |  |  |  | 1,152.8 |
Chile |  |  | CLP |  |  |  | 47.0 |  |  |  | 42.7 |
Paraguay |  |  | PYG |  |  |  | 786.1 |  |  |  | 753.7 |
Uruguay |  |  | UYU |  |  |  | 170.7 |  |  |  | 165.8 |
NA: |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Canada |  |  | CAD |  |  |  | 6,800.1 |  |  |  | 6,165.0 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  | 31,401.9 |  |  |  | 30,511.2 |
Disclosure of significant unobservable inputs used in fair value measurement of assets [text block] |
|  | 2017 |  | 2016
Latin America North |  | from 8.59% | to | 10.29% |  | from 8.39% | to | 10.27%

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