Investment properties, net (Details Textual) - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016	Dec. 31, 2015
Disclosure of Investment properties, net [Line Items]
Investment property	$ 222,000	$ 10,089,000	$ 10,719,000
Rental income from investment property	234,677	1,821,320	$ 1,710,766
Disposals, investment property
El Derby Capital Building [Member] \| Buenaventura Ingenieros S.A. [Member]
Disclosure of Investment properties, net [Line Items]
Investment property	9,600
Disposals, investment property	11,250,000
At fair value [member]
Disclosure of Investment properties, net [Line Items]
Investment property	$ 191,086	$ 23,624,295

Expiry date 2019-01-01: The amount of property (land or a building - or part of a building - or both) held (by the owner or by the lessee under a finance lease) to earn rentals or for capital appreciation or both, rather than for: (a) use in the production or supply of goods or services or for administrative purposes; or (b) sale in the ordinary course of business. Effective 2019-01-01: The amount of property (land or a building - or part of a building - or both) held (by the owner or by the lessee as a right-of-use asset) to earn rentals or for capital appreciation or both, rather than for: (a) use in the production or supply of goods or services or for administrative purposes; or (b) sale in the ordinary course of business.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 40
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 76
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=40&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_76&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2017-03-09

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 40
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 79
-Subparagraph d
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=40&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_79_d&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2017-03-09

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Name IAS
-Number 1
-IssueDate 2017-01-01
-Paragraph 54
-Subparagraph b
-URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/XBRL?type=IAS&num=1&date=2017-03-01&anchor=para_54_b&doctype=Standard
-URIDate 2017-03-09

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