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Financial instruments (Details 5) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended |
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017 | Jan. 01, 2019
Financial instruments [Abstract] |  |  |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts at the beginning of the Period | $ 32,634 | $ 34,936 |  |
Adjustment to initial balance derived from the adoption of IFRS 9 | 1,057 | (2,967) | $ 8,038 |
Increase / (decrease) of impairment provision | 1,057 | (2,967) |  |
Provision used | (984) | (1,636) |  |
Allowance for doubtful accounts at the end of the year | 32,707 | 32,634 | $ 34,936 |
Trade and Other Receivables allowance current | 16,192 | 14,756 |  |
Other receivables allowance current | 5,192 | 5,148 |  |
Related party receivables allowance current | 61,227 | 42,790 |  | $ 61,227
Recovery of Insurance | 320 | 827 |  |
Impairment of Accounts Receivable Provision | 32,707 | 32,634 |  |
Renegotiated allowance | 1,905 | 2,056 |  |
Non-renegotiated allowance | $ 30,802 | $ 30,578 |  |

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- Definition The amount of impairment loss, impairment gain or reversal of impairment loss that is recognised in profit or loss in accordance with paragraph 5.5.8 of IFRS 9 and that arises from applying the impairment requirements in Section 5.5 of IFRS 9. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 82 -Subparagraph ba -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_82_ba&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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