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FOREIGN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES (Details) - Schedule of foreign currency - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018
FOREIGN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES (Details) - Schedule of foreign currency [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | $ 242,624 | $ 606,673
Other financial assets, current | 47,328 | 57,132
Other non - financial assets, current | 81,521 | 106,952
Trade and other accounts receivable, current | 501,006 | 518,006
Accounts receivable from related entities, current | 537 | 593
Tax current assets | 19,506 | 20,774
Total current assets | 892,522 | 1,310,130
Other financial assets, non-current | 10,243 | 21,850
Other non - financial assets, non-current | 29,166 | 31,126
Accounts receivable, non-current | 4,722 | 5,378
Deferred tax assets | 3,339 | 2,102
Total non-current assets | 47,470 | 60,456
Argentina, Pesos |  |
FOREIGN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES (Details) - Schedule of foreign currency [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 10,974 | 4,236
Other financial assets, current | 7 | 11
Other non - financial assets, current | 11,263 | 13,077
Trade and other accounts receivable, current | 22,809 | 54,053
Tax current assets | 1,560 | 812
Total current assets | 46,613 | 72,189
Other non - financial assets, non-current | 54 | 86
Total non-current assets | 54 | 86
Brazil, Brazil Real |  |
FOREIGN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES (Details) - Schedule of foreign currency [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 9,407 | 34,360
Other financial assets, current | 17,395 | 25,829
Other non - financial assets, current | 20,553 | 37,794
Trade and other accounts receivable, current | 1,457 | 6,037
Tax current assets | 1,006 | 1,106
Total current assets | 49,818 | 105,126
Other financial assets, non-current | 4,441 | 4,941
Other non - financial assets, non-current | 7,891 | 7,465
Total non-current assets | 12,332 | 12,406
Chile, Pesos |  |
FOREIGN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES (Details) - Schedule of foreign currency [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 50,421 | 415,399
Other financial assets, current | 26,008 | 25,904
Other non - financial assets, current | 24,451 | 30,916
Trade and other accounts receivable, current | 125,342 | 112,133
Accounts receivable from related entities, current | 42 | 200
Tax current assets | 1,111 | 4,860
Total current assets | 227,375 | 589,412
Other financial assets, non-current | 65 | 68
Accounts receivable, non-current | 4,722 | 5,378
Total non-current assets | 4,787 | 5,446
Colombia, Pesos |  |
FOREIGN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES (Details) - Schedule of foreign currency [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 5,971 | 2,732
Other financial assets, current | 138 | 139
Other non - financial assets, current | 61 | 434
Trade and other accounts receivable, current | 545 | 5,065
Tax current assets | 54 | 5
Total current assets | 6,769 | 8,375
Other financial assets, non-current | 296 | 145
Deferred tax assets | 487 | 78
Total non-current assets | 783 | 223
Euro Member Countries, Euro |  |
FOREIGN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES (Details) - Schedule of foreign currency [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 21,927 | 20,339
Other non - financial assets, current | 2,878 | 3,935
Trade and other accounts receivable, current | 32,711 | 49,044
Tax current assets | 264 |
Total current assets | 57,780 | 73,318
Other financial assets, non-current | 1,525 | 7,438
Total non-current assets | 1,525 | 7,438
United States of America, Dollars |  |
FOREIGN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES (Details) - Schedule of foreign currency [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 77,933 | 51,382
Other financial assets, current | 2,795 | 4,923
Other non - financial assets, current | 5,140 | 8,949
Trade and other accounts receivable, current | 257,421 | 2,938
Accounts receivable from related entities, current | 495 | 393
Tax current assets |  | 429
Total current assets | 343,784 | 69,014
Other financial assets, non-current | 2,169 | 7,441
Other non - financial assets, non-current | 3 | 3
Deferred tax assets | 856 | 29
Total non-current assets | 3,028 | 7,473
Other Currency |  |
FOREIGN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES (Details) - Schedule of foreign currency [Line Items] |  |
Cash and cash equivalents | 65,991 | 78,225
Other financial assets, current | 985 | 326
Other non - financial assets, current | 17,175 | 11,847
Trade and other accounts receivable, current | 60,721 | 288,736
Tax current assets | 1,804 | 256
Total current assets | 160,383 | 392,696
Other financial assets, non-current | 1,747 | 1,817
Other non - financial assets, non-current | 21,218 | 23,572
Deferred tax assets | 1,996 | 1,995
Total non-current assets | 24,961 | 27,384
Peru, Nuevos Soles |  |
FOREIGN CURRENCY AND EXCHANGE RATE DIFFERENCES (Details) - Schedule of foreign currency [Line Items] |  |
Tax current assets | $ 13,707 | $ 13,306

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