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Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities (Details Textual) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Fair Value of Financial Assets and Liabilities [abstract] |
Instruments of level 3 have denomination Investment Grade | 98.00%
Financial instruments correspond to domestic issuers | 100.00%

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