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Income Taxes - Schedule of Reconciliation Between Actual Income Tax Expense and Amount Computed by Applying Statutory Tax Rate (Parenthetical) (Detail) - USD ($) $ in Millions	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2022	Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2020
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate [Line Items]
Statutory tax rate	30.00%	30.00%	30.00%
Difference tax component between books and tax foreign exchange fluctuations	$ (48)	$ 44	$ 12
Parent [member]
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate [Line Items]
Difference tax component between books and tax foreign exchange fluctuations	$ 365		$ 312
Mexico [member]
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate [Line Items]
Statutory tax rate	30.00%	30.00%	30.00%
Colombia [member]
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate [Line Items]
Statutory tax rate	35.00%	31.00%	32.00%
Colombia [member] | Bottom of range [member]
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate [Line Items]
Statutory tax rate	30.00%	30.00%	30.00%
Colombia [member] | Top of range [member]
Reconciliation of Effective Tax Rate [Line Items]
Statutory tax rate	35.00%	35.00%	35.00%

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Reconciliation of effective tax rate.

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The applicable income tax rate.

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The amount that represents the difference between the tax expense (income) and the product of the accounting profit multiplied by the applicable tax rate(s) that relates to foreign tax rates. [Refer: Accounting profit]

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