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Financial income and expenses (Tables) | 6 Months Ended
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Jun. 30, 2018
Financial income and expenses [Abstract] |
Financial income | The following table sets forth our financial income and expenses for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018 and 2017:
| For the six-month period ended June 30, |
Financial income | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
| ($ in thousands) |
Interest income from loans and credits |  |  | 36,871 |  |  |  | 258 |
Interest rates benefits derivatives: cash flow hedges |  |  | - |  |  |  | 230 |
Total |  |  | 36,871 |  |  |  | 488 |
Financial expenses |
|  | For the six-month period ended June 30, |
Financial expenses |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Expenses due to interest: | ($ in thousands) |
- Loans from credit entities |  |  | (128,838 | ) |  |  | (124,556 | )
- Other debts |  |  | (42,951 | ) |  |  | (43,218 | )
Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges |  |  | (34,317 | ) |  |  | (34,922 | )
Total |  |  | (206,106 | ) |  |  | (202,696 | )
Other net financial income and expenses | The following table sets out ‘Other net financial income and expenses” for the six-month period ended June 30, 2018, and 2017:
| For the six-month period ended June 30, |
Other financial income / (expenses) | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
| ($ in thousands) |
Dividend from ACBH (Brazil) |  |  | - |  |  |  | 10,383 |
Other financial income |  |  | 5,514 |  |  |  | 6,774 |
Other financial losses |  |  | (15,201 | ) |  |  | (10,669 | )
Total |  |  | (9,687 | ) |  |  | 6,487 |

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