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Long-term Debt Issuance (Details) |  |  | 3 Months Ended |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
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Mar. 31, 2012 USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2012 Chilean Bank Loan [Member] CLP payments | Mar. 31, 2012 Brazilian Term Credit Facility Maturing 2017 [Member] USD ($) payments | Dec. 31, 2011 Brazilian Term Credit Facility Maturing 2017 [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2012 Senior Notes Payable 2012 [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 Senior Notes Payable 2012 [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 1997 Senior Notes Payable 2012 [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2012 Senior Notes Payable 2013 Thru 2018 [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 Senior Notes Payable 2013 Thru 2018 [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 1998 Senior Notes Payable 2013 Thru 2018 [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2012 Non Recourse Notes Payable 2018 [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 Non Recourse Notes Payable 2018 [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2003 Non Recourse Notes Payable 2018 [Member] USD ($) | Mar. 31, 2012 Senior Secured Notes Maturing 2017 [Member] USD ($) | Dec. 31, 2011 Senior Secured Notes Maturing 2017 [Member] USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items] |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Amount of loan issuance |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 47,900,000 |  |  | $ 348,600,000 |  |  | $ 368,700,000 |  |
Notes Payable | 7,900,000 | 7,900,000 |  | 10,000,000 | 10,000,000 | 7,900,000 | 7,900,000 |  | 112,000,000 | 112,000,000 |  | 368,700,000 | 368,700,000 |  | 191,200,000 | 189,600,000
Maturity in 2013 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 90,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Maturity in 2018 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 22,000,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Notes receivable used as collateral on loan | 9,900,000 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 113,700,000 |  |  | 410,000,000 |  |  |  |
Amount of indebtedness liable for in event of default of notes receivable collateral |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 10.00% |  |  | 10.00% |  |  |  |
Number of Future Semi Annual Payments |  |  | 16 | 10 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Principal paid on debt |  |  | 0 |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Fair value of debt |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ 236,000,000 | $ 243,000,000

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