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Loans commitments and financial guarantees contracts (Details 3) - USD ($) $ in Thousands		Dec. 31, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Financial assets	[1]	$ 488,003	$ 403,035
Argentina [Member]
Financial assets		7,546	0
Bolivia [Member]
Financial assets		200	190
Brazil [Member]
Financial assets		0	0
Canada [Member]
Financial assets		425	160
Colombia [Member]
Financial assets		91,020	78,815
Costa Rica [Member]
Financial assets		19,848	2,250
Dominican Republic [Member]
Financial assets		0	26,787
Ecuador [Member]
Financial assets		252,800	172,522
El Salvador [Member]
Financial assets		767	1,305
Guatemala [Member]
Financial assets		11,788	7,000
Honduras [Member]
Financial assets		890	1,170
Mexico [Member]
Financial assets		35,643	11,118
Panama [Member]
Financial assets		31,260	39,756
Paraguay [Member]
Financial assets		22	0
Peru [Member]
Financial assets		17,618	42,764
Switzerland [Member]
Financial assets		0	1,000
United Kingdom [Member]
Financial assets		0	70
Uruguay [Member]
Financial assets		3,176	18,128
Chile [Member]
Financial assets		$ 15,000	$ 0
[1] Current ratings as of December 31, 2017 and 2016, respectively.

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- Definition

The amount of assets that are: (a) cash; (b) an equity instrument of another entity; (c) a contractual right: (i) to receive cash or another financial asset from another entity; or (ii) to exchange financial assets or financial liabilities with another entity under conditions that are potentially favourable to the entity; or (d) a contract that will, or may be, settled in the entity’s own equity instruments and is: (i) a non-derivative for which the entity is, or may be, obliged to receive a variable number of the entity’s own equity instruments; or (ii) a derivative that will, or may be, settled other than by the exchange of a fixed amount of cash or another financial asset for a fixed number of the entity’s own equity instruments. For this purpose the entity’s own equity instruments do not include puttable financial instruments classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16A-16B of IAS 32, instruments that impose on the entity an obligation to deliver to another party a pro rata share of the net assets of the entity only on liquidation and are classified as equity instruments in accordance with paragraphs 16C-16D of IAS 32, or instruments that are contracts for the future receipt or delivery of the entity’s own equity instruments. [Refer: Financial instruments, class [member]; Financial liabilities]

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