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Note 4 - Labor Costs - Summary of Labor Costs (Included in Cost of Sales and in Selling, General and Administrative Expenses) (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019 | Dec. 31, 2018 | Dec. 31, 2017
Statement Line Items [Line Items] |  |  |
Wages, salaries and social security costs | $ 1,274,474 | $ 1,250,783 | $ 1,144,341
Severance indemnities | 24,637 | 25,225 | 34,497
Defined contribution plans | 12,663 | 13,217 | 12,401
Pension benefits - defined benefit plans | 18,207 | 15,390 | 15,066
Employee retention and long term incentive program | 22,134 | 21,353 | 15,441
Employee benefits expense including discontinued operations | 1,352,115 | 1,325,968 | 1,221,746
From discontinued operations |  |  | (853)
Total employee benefits expense | $ 1,352,115 | $ 1,325,968 | $ 1,220,893

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- Definition The amount of long-term employee benefits other than post-employment benefits and termination benefits. Such benefits may include long-term paid absences, jubilee or other long-service benefits, long-term disability benefits, long-term profit-sharing and bonuses and long-term deferred remuneration. [Refer: Employee benefits expense] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 158 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_158&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The amount of post-employment benefit expense relating to defined contribution plans. Defined contribution plans are post-employment benefit plans under which an entity pays fixed contributions into a separate entity (a fund) and will have no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employee benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 53 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_53&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The amount of expense from employee benefits (other than termination benefits) that are expected to be settled wholly within twelve months after the end of the annual reporting period in which the employees render the related services. + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 1 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 112 -Subparagraph c -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=1&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_112_c&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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- Definition The amount of expense in relation to termination benefits. Termination benefits are employee benefits provided in exchange for the termination of an employee's employment as a result of either: (a) an entity's decision to terminate an employee's employment before the normal retirement date; or (b) an employee's decision to accept an offer of benefits in exchange for the termination of employment. [Refer: Employee benefits expense] + References Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef -Name IAS -Number 19 -IssueDate 2019-01-01 -Paragraph 171 -URI http://eifrs.ifrs.org/eifrs/xifrs-link?type=IAS&num=19&code=ifrs-tx-2019-en-r&anchor=para_171&doctype=Standard -URIDate 2019-03-27 + Details
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