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Significant Accounting Policies - Summary of Foreign Exchange Rates (Detail) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2021 | Dec. 31, 2020 | Dec. 31, 2019 Anniversaries
Mexican peso [Member] |  |  |
Disclosure of foreign exchange rates [line items] |  |  |
Closing | 20.50 | 19.8900 | 18.9200
Average | 20.4266 | 21.5766 | 19.3500
Euro [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of foreign exchange rates [line items] |  |  |
Closing | 0.8789 | 0.8183 | 0.8917
Average | 0.8467 | 0.8736 | 0.8941
British Pound Sterling [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of foreign exchange rates [line items] |  |  |
Closing | 0.7395 | 0.7313 | 0.7550
Average | 0.7262 | 0.7758 | 0.7831
Colombian Peso [member] |  |  |
Disclosure of foreign exchange rates [line items] |  |  |
Closing | 3,981 | 3,433 | 3,277
Average | 3,783 | 3,730 | 3,300

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