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Foreign Currency Translation (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2012
Foreign Currency Translation [Abstract] |
Summary of impact of translating financial statements of Company's international subsidiaries |
|  | Exchange Rate as of |  |  | Total Assets at |  |  | Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income (Loss) For Six Months Ended |
Country |  | June 30, 2012 |  |  | December 31, 2011 |  |  | June 30, 2012 |  |  | June 30, 2012 |
Brazil |  |  | 2.08 |  |  |  | 1.87 |  |  | $ | 300,827 |  |  | $ | (25,234 | )
Mexico |  |  | 13.48 |  |  |  | 14.00 |  |  | $ | 129,894 |  |  |  | 2,819 |
Argentina |  |  | 4.53 |  |  |  | 4.31 |  |  | $ | 131,859 |  |  |  | (4,948 | )
Colombia |  |  | 1,785.0 |  |  |  | 1,950.0 |  |  | $ | 41,769 |  |  |  | 2,451 |
Chile |  |  | 501.0 |  |  |  | 520.7 |  |  | $ | 44,146 |  |  |  | 1,242 |
All other |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | 423 |
|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | $ | (23,247 | )

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