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Income taxes - Schedule of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | Dec. 31, 2024 | Dec. 31, 2023
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Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |
Tax loss carryforwards | $ 145,977 | $ 153,823
Purchase price allocation adjustment | 10,042 | 12,288
Property and equipment, tax inflation adjustment | 48,135 | 53,238
Other accrued payroll and other liabilities | 41,116 | 41,787
Provision for contingencies, bad debts and obsolescence | 15,899 | 23,126
Other deferred tax assets | 29,316 | 31,177
Other deferred tax liabilities | (4,061) | (5,784)
Leases | 27,052 | 29,216
Property and equipment - difference in depreciation rates | (20,375) | (23,200)
Valuation allowance | (204,898) | (218,674)
Net deferred tax asset | 88,203 | 96,997
Operating loss carryforwards | 505,336 |
Brazil |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |
Deferred tax assets, leases | 200,047 | 240,299
Deferred tax liabilities, leases | 172,995 | 211,083
Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Panama and Venezuela |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |
Provision for regular expenses | 13,940 | $ 13,070
Expire between 2023 and 2027 |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 184,968 |
Expiring after 2027 |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | 139,982 |
Do not expire |  |
Operating Loss Carryforwards [Line Items] |  |
Operating loss carryforwards | $ 180,386 |

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