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Financial income and expenses (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2018
Financial income and expenses [Abstract] |
Financial income | The following table sets forth our financial income and expenses for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018 and 2017:
|  | For the nine-month period ended September 30, |
Financial income |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Interest income from loans and credits |  |  | 36,556 |  |  |  | 224 |
Interest rates benefits derivatives: cash flow hedges |  |  | 47 |  |  |  | 907 |
Total |  |  | 36,603 |  |  |  | 1,131 |
Financial expenses |
|  | For the nine-month period ended September 30 |
Financial expenses |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
Expenses due to interest: |  | ($ in thousands) |
- Loans from credit entities |  |  | (191,168 | ) |  |  | (188,136 | )
- Other debts |  |  | (63,451 | ) |  |  | (65,088 | )
Interest rates losses derivatives: cash flow hedges |  |  | (51,721 | ) |  |  | (55,346 | )
Total |  |  | (306,340 | ) |  |  | (308,570 | )
Other net financial income and expenses | The following table sets out ‘Other net financial income and expenses” for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2018, and 2017:
|  | For the nine-month period ended September 30, |
Other financial income / (expenses) |  | 2018 |  |  | 2017 |
|  | ($ in thousands) |
Dividend from ACBH (Brazil) |  |  | - |  |  |  | 10,383 |
Other financial income |  |  | 8,711 |  |  |  | 9,151 |
Other financial losses |  |  | (19,850 | ) |  |  | (18,232 | )
Total |  |  | (11,139 | ) |  |  | 1,302 |

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