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Venezuelan operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Venezuelan Operations [Abstract] |
Schedule of Foreign currency translation | As a consequence of those changes announced by the Government, the Company reassessed the exchange rate used for remeasurement purposes as follows:
|  |  |  |  |  | Effects of exchange rate change
Period |  | Exchange rate System applied |  | Exchange rate at System date change (VEF per US dollar) |  | Write down of inventories (i) |  | Impairment of long-lived assets (i) |  | Foreign currency exchange (loss) income (ii)
From February 8, 2013 to February 28, 2014 |  | Official exchange rate |  | 6.30 |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | (15,379 | )
From March 1, 2014 to May 31, 2014 |  | SICAD |  | 11.80 |  |  | 7,611 |  |  | — |  |  | (19,697 | )
From June 1, 2014 to February 28, 2015 |  | SICAD II |  | 49.98 |  |  | 9,937 |  |  | 45,186 |  |  | (38,963 | )
From March 1, 2015 to March 9, 2016 |  | SIMADI |  | 177.00 |  |  | 3,250 |  |  | 7,804 |  |  | (8,046 | )
From March 10, 2016 to May 30, 2017 |  | DICOM |  | 215.34 |  |  | 401 |  |  | — |  |  | (117 | )
From May 31, 2017 to January 31, 2018 |  | DICOM II |  | 2,010.00 |  |  | 1,375 |  |  | — |  |  | (2,554 | )
From February 1, 2018 up to date |  | NEW DICOM |  | 25,000.00 |  |  | 38,095 |  |  | — |  |  | 11,223 |
(i) | Presented within Other operating (expenses) income, net.
(ii) | Presented within Foreign currency exchange results

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