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Note 3 - Summary of Significant Accounting Policies (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |
Disclosure of effect of changes in foreign exchange rates [text block] |
|  |  |  |  |  | Closing rate |  |  | Average rate |
Currency |  | Name |  | Country |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |  |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
CAD |  | Canadian Dollars |  | Canada and Cuba |  |  | 2.6380 |  |  |  | 2.4214 |  |  |  | 2.8124 |  |  |  | 2.4567 |  |  |  | 2.6348 |  |  |  | 2.5661 |
DOP |  | Dominican Pesos |  | Dominican republic |  |  | 0.0685 |  |  |  | 0.0700 |  |  |  | 0.0860 |  |  |  | 0.0674 |  |  |  | 0.0755 |  |  |  | 0.0725 |
USD |  | US Dollar |  | Ecuador (i) , Panamá and Cuba (ii) |  |  | 3.3080 |  |  |  | 3.2591 |  |  |  | 3.9048 |  |  |  | 3.2017 |  |  |  | 3.4749 |  |  |  | 3.2596 |
GTQ |  | Quetzal |  | Guatemala |  |  | 0.4500 |  |  |  | 0.4343 |  |  |  | 0.5129 |  |  |  | 0.4344 |  |  |  | 0.4570 |  |  |  | 0.4265 |
PEN |  | Novo Sol |  | Peru (i) |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.9720 |  |  |  | 1.1440 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1.0269 |  |  |  | 1.0396 |
ARS |  | Argentinean Peso |  | Argentina |  |  | 0.1762 |  |  |  | 0.2056 |  |  |  | 0.3003 |  |  |  | 0.1931 |  |  |  | 0.2354 |  |  |  | 0.3581 |
BOB |  | Bolivian Peso |  | Bolivia |  |  | 0.4753 |  |  |  | 0.4683 |  |  |  | 0.5610 |  |  |  | 0.4600 |  |  |  | 0.4993 |  |  |  | 0.4683 |
PYG |  | Guarani |  | Paraguai |  |  | 0.0006 |  |  |  | 0.0006 |  |  |  | 0.0007 |  |  |  | 0.0006 |  |  |  | 0.0006 |  |  |  | 0.0006 |
UYU |  | Uruguayan Peso |  | Uruguay |  |  | 0.1151 |  |  |  | 0.1114 |  |  |  | 0.1304 |  |  |  | 0.1116 |  |  |  | 0.1166 |  |  |  | 0.1197 |
CLP |  | Chilean Peso |  | Chile |  |  | 0.0054 |  |  |  | 0.0049 |  |  |  | 0.0055 |  |  |  | 0.0049 |  |  |  | 0.0051 |  |  |  | 0.0050 |
COP |  | Peso colombiano |  | Colômbia (i) |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.0011 |  |  |  | 0.0012 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 0.0011 |  |  |  | 0.0012 |
BBD |  | Barbadian Dollar |  | Barbados |  |  | 1.6307 |  |  |  | 1.6075 |  |  |  | - |  |  |  | 1.5783 |  |  |  | 1.7139 |  |  |  | - |
Disclosure of estimated useful lives of major property, plant and equipment classes [text block] |
Buildings (years) |  | 25 |
Plant and equipment (years) |  | 15 |
Fixtures (years) |  | 10 |
Fittings (years) |  | 10 |
External use assets (years) | 2 | - | 5

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