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Financial Income and expenses (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2017
Financial income and expenses [Abstract] |
Financial income | The following table sets forth financial income and expenses for the years ended December 31, 2017, 2016 and 2015:
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
Financial income |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Interest income from loans and credits |  |  | 325 |  |  |  | 286 |  |  |  | 933 |
Interest rates benefits derivatives: cash flow hedges |  |  | 682 |  |  |  | 3,012 |  |  |  | 2,531 |
Total |  |  | 1,007 |  |  |  | 3,298 |  |  |  | 3,464 |
Financial expenses |
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
Financial expenses |  | 2017 |  | 2016 |  | 2015 |
Expenses due to interest: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
- Loans from credit entities |  |  | (253,660 | ) |  |  | (242,919 | ) |  |  | (197,929 | )
- Other debts |  |  | (137,562 | ) |  |  | (90,995 | ) |  |  | (81,853 | )
Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges |  |  | (72,495 | ) |  |  | (74,093 | ) |  |  | (54,139 | )
Total |  |  | (463,717 | ) |  |  | (408,007 | ) |  |  | (333,921 | )
Other net financial income and expenses | The following table sets out Other net financial income and expenses for the years 2017, 2016 and 2015:
|  | For the year ended December 31, |
Other financial income / (expenses) |  | 2017 |  |  | 2016 |  |  | 2015 |
Dividend from ACBH (Brazil) |  |  | 10,383 |  |  |  | 27,948 |  |  |  | 18,400 |
Impairment preferred equity investment in ACBH (see Note 8) |  |  | - |  |  |  | (22,076 | ) |  |  | (210,435 | )
Other financial income |  |  | 28,809 |  |  |  | 13,027 |  |  |  | 1,520 |
Other financial losses |  |  | (20,758 | ) |  |  | (10,394 | ) |  |  | (9,638 | )
Total |  |  | 18,434 |  |  |  | 8,505 |  |  |  | (200,153 | )

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