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Employee benefits (Details 1) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
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Employee benefits [Abstract] |  |
Staff severance indemnities, Chile | $ 27,562 | $ 25,893
Executive severance plan | 8,831 | 6,487
Severance for foreigners | 671 | 1,552
Total other non-current liabilities | $ 37,064 | $ 33,932

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- Definition The present value of the expected payments by a retirement benefit plan to existing and past employees, attributable to the service already rendered. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 26 -IssueDate 2018-01-01 -Paragraph 35 -Subparagraph d -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=26&date=2018-03-01&anchor=para_35_d&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2018-03-16 + Details
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