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Equity (Details) - Schedule of shareholder's composition - shares | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019
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Equity (Details) - Schedule of shareholder's composition [Line Items] |  |
Number of shares | 101,017,081,114 | 101,017,081,114
% of Equity Holding (in percentage) | 100.00% | 100.00%
Lq Inversiones Financieras Sa [Member] |  |
Equity (Details) - Schedule of shareholder's composition [Line Items] |  |
Number of shares | 46,815,289,329 | 46,815,289,329
% of Equity Holding (in percentage) | 46.34% | 46.34%
Banchile Corredores De Bolsa S.a [Member] |  |
Equity (Details) - Schedule of shareholder's composition [Line Items] |  |
Number of shares | 6,119,467,747 | 5,708,422,261
% of Equity Holding (in percentage) | 6.06% | 5.65%
Inversiones LQ-SM Limitada [Member] |  |
Equity (Details) - Schedule of shareholder's composition [Line Items] |  |
Number of shares | 4,854,988,014 | 4,854,988,014
% of Equity Holding (in percentage) | 4.81% | 4.81%
Other Minority Shareholders [Member] |  |
Equity (Details) - Schedule of shareholder's composition [Line Items] |  |
Number of shares | 43,227,336,024 | 43,638,381,510
% of Equity Holding (in percentage) | 42.79% | 43.20%

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