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Debt (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2017
Debt Disclosure [Abstract] |
Schedule of Non-recourse debt [Table Text Block] | During the three months ended March 31, 2017, the Company’s subsidiaries had the following significant debt transactions:
Subsidiary |  | Issuances |  | Repayments |  | Gain (Loss) on Extinguishment of Debt
Alicura |  | $ | 307 |  |  | $ | (181 | ) |  | $ | 65 |
Atlantico |  | 107 |  |  | — |  |  | — |
Other |  | 223 |  |  | (233 | ) |  | (1 | )
Total |  | $ | 637 |  |  | $ | (414 | ) |  | $ | 64 |

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