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Financial income and expenses (Tables) | 3 Months Ended
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Mar. 31, 2018
Financial income and expenses [Abstract] |
Financial income | The following table sets forth our financial income and expenses for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018 and 2017:
|  | For the three-month period ended March 31, |
Financial income |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Interest income from loans and credits |  |  | 119 |  |  |  | 131 |
Interest rates benefits derivatives: cash flow hedges |  |  | 177 |  |  |  | 189 |
Total |  |  | 296 |  |  |  | 320 |
Financial expenses |
|  | For the three-month period ended March 31, |
Financial expenses |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Expenses due to interest: |  | ($ in thousands) |
- Loans from credit entities |  |  | (63,751 | ) |  |  | (62,067 | )
- Other debts |  |  | (18,468 | ) |  |  | (21,550 | )
Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges |  |  | (17,848 | ) |  |  | (17,422 | )
Total |  |  | (100,067 | ) |  |  | (101,039 | )
Other net financial income and expenses | The following table sets out ‘Other net financial income and expenses” for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2018, and 2017:
|  | For the three-month period ended March 31, |
Other financial income / (expenses) |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Dividend from ACBH (Brazil) |  |  | - |  |  |  | 10,383 |
Other financial income |  |  | 2,171 |  |  |  | 2,596 |
Other financial losses |  |  | (3,831 | ) |  |  | (8,701 | )
Total |  |  | (1,660 | ) |  |  | 4,278 |

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