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Investment funds (Details Textual) (USD $)
1 Months Ended
Apr. 30, 2014
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Alpha 4X Feeder Fund [Member]      
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]      
Equity Participation In Percentage   49.61%blx_EquityParticipationInPercentage
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55.87%blx_EquityParticipationInPercentage
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Variable Interest Entity Investment Redemption Amount $ 13,900,000blx_VariableInterestEntityInvestmentRedemptionAmount
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Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Carrying Amount 49,400,000us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount
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Alpha4X Latam Fundo de Investimento Multimercado [Member]      
Schedule of Investments [Line Items]      
Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest, Equity, Carrying Amount $ 565,000us-gaap_RedeemableNoncontrollingInterestEquityCarryingAmount
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