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Cash and cash equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Cash and cash equivalents [Abstract] |
Cash and cash equivalents | The following table shows the detail of Cash and cash equivalents as of December 31, 2020 and 2019:
|  | Balance as of December 31, |
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
Cash at bank and on hand - non restricted |  |  | 588,690 |  |  |  | 223,867 |
Cash at bank and on hand - restricted |  |  | 279,811 |  |  |  | 338,928 |
Total |  |  | 868,501 |  |  |  | 562,795 |
The following breakdown shows the main currencies in which cash and cash equivalent balances are denominated:
|  | Balance as of December 31, |
Currency |  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
U.S. dollar |  |  | 575,567 |  |  |  | 313,678 |
Euro |  |  | 196,431 |  |  |  | 181,961 |
South African Rand |  |  | 40,561 |  |  |  | 47,679 |
Mexican Peso |  |  | 23,570 |  |  |  | 64 |
Algerian Dinar |  |  | 21,114 |  |  |  | 9,301 |
Others |  |  | 11,258 |  |  |  | 10,176 |
Total |  |  | 868,501 |  |  |  | 562,795 |

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