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	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2013 USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Investor purchased subordinated notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Investor purchased subordinated notes [Member] USD ($)	Nov. 13, 2013 Investor purchased subordinated notes [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2011 Brazil Segment [Member] BRL	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior Convertible Debentures [Member] USD ($)	Mar. 31, 2013 Senior Convertible Debentures [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Convertible Debentures [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Convertible Debentures [Member] Holder 1 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Convertible Debentures [Member] Holder 2 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Convertible Debentures [Member] USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Convertible Debentures [Member] USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Subordinated Convertible Notes, Net [Member] USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Subordinated Convertible Notes, Net [Member] USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Factoring Agreement [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Other [Member] USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Other [Member] USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Senior Revolving Note [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Revolving Note [Member] USD ($) Installments	Nov. 13, 2013 Senior Revolving Note [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Revolving Note [Member] Minimum [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Revolving Note [Member] Maximum [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Revolving Note [Member] TCA Global Credit Master Fund [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Senior Revolving Note [Member] USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Senior Revolving Note [Member] USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Working Capital Lines of Credit [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Working Capital Lines of Credit [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Working Capital Lines of Credit [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Working Capital Lines of Credit [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Working Capital Lines of Credit [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] Average [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Capital Expansion Loans [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Capital Expansion Loans [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] BRL	Dec. 31, 2012 Capital Expansion Loans [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Equipment Financing [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Equipment Financing [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Equipment Financing [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Equipment Financing [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Equipment Financing [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] Average [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Advances on Export Letter of Credit [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Advances on Export Letter of Credit [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Advances on Export Letter of Credit [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Advances on Export Letter of Credit [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] Maximum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Advances on Export Letter of Credit [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] Average [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Special Tax Programs [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Special Tax Programs [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2013 Subordinated Convertible Notes and Warrants [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Subordinated Convertible Notes and Warrants [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Subordinated Convertible Notes and Warrants [Member] April 2013 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Subordinated Convertible Notes and Warrants [Member] April 2013 [Member] Minimum [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Subordinated Convertible Notes and Warrants [Member] April 2013 [Member] Maximum [Member]	Sep. 30, 2013 Subordinated Convertible Notes and Warrants [Member] USA Segment [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 Subordinated notes, net [Member] USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2012 Subordinated notes, net [Member] USA Segment [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 Third Credit Agreement [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2012 Third Credit Agreement [Member] Brazil Segment [Member] BRL	Nov. 13, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] USD ($)	Jul. 31, 2012 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] USD ($)	Jan. 31, 2012 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] July 2012 [Member] USD ($)	Sep. 30, 2012 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] July 2012 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] May 2012 [Member] Amendment in July 2012 [Member]	Dec. 31, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] January and May 2012 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] January and May 2012 [Member] Amendment in July 2012 [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] January and May 2012 [Member] Financial Advisor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] July and August 2012 [Member] USD ($) Investor	Dec. 31, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] July and August 2012 [Member] Financial Advisor [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] Halpern Entities [Member] USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2013 2013 Subordinated Notes and Subordinated Convertible Notes [Member] Halpern Entities [Member] Replacement [Member]
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt	$ 19,169,000	$ 19,169,000	$ 19,584,000					$ 6,250,000	$ 5,117,000	$ 12,919,000	$ 14,467,000							$ 0	$ 1,048,000	$ 0	$ 4,041,000		$ 0	$ 28,000							$ 1,988,000	$ 0	$ 3,213,000	$ 2,227,000				$ 4,795,000		$ 5,555,000	$ 174,000	$ 201,000				$ 2,386,000	$ 3,953,000				$ 2,351,000	$ 2,531,000							$ 4,262,000	$ 0
Current portion	8,250,000	8,250,000	8,003,000
Long-term portion	10,919,000	10,919,000	11,581,000
Required future minimum payments on debt [Abstract]
2014	8,250,000	8,250,000						1,988,000		6,262,000
2015	1,767,000	1,767,000						0		1,767,000
2016	7,567,000	7,567,000						6,535,000		1,032,000
2017	1,005,000	1,005,000						0		1,005,000
2018	955,000	955,000						0		955,000
Thereafter	1,898,000	1,898,000						0		1,898,000
Discount	(2,273,000)	(2,273,000)						(2,273,000)		0																																																							(100,000)
Total debt	19,169,000	19,169,000						6,250,000		12,919,000					200,000																																								538,000																	2,500,000		100,000
Maximum borrowing capacity												9,500,000													8,000,000													4,000,000
Maximum outstanding borrowings																									2,800,000
Stated annual interest rate (in hundredths)	5.00%	5.00%					5.00%																		12.00%										10.40%	60.00%	21.70%	6.50%	6.50%				13.50%	17.80%	15.00%			3.90%	6.00%	5.50%	9.00%				10.00%						5.50%		5.00%							10.00%
Potential annual interest rate if shareholders do not approve increase in the authorized number of shares outstanding by July 1, 2014 (in hundredths)							10.00%																				10.00%
Fees under agreement (in hundredths)																									7.00%
Minimum cumulative repayments, March 2014																										1,100,000
Minimum cumulative repayments, June 2014																										1,800,000
Minimum cumulative repayments, September 2014																										2,700,000
Withholding to collections (in hundredths)																										20.00%
Average outstanding borrowings																									500,000	1,000,000
Gross proceeds from Lines of Credit																										2,800,000				2,400,000
Amount received																										2,500,000
Repayment of debt													300,000									100,000				400,000
Value of additional unit purchased													400,000			400,000										900,000
Issue of shares of common stock (in shares)	1,714,286																									37,260
Market value of common stock issued		7,617,000															200,000									500,000																											100,000
Number of shares issued under warrant (in shares)	8,709	8,709																												12,000																									38,400
Exercise price per warrant (in dollars per share)																	$ 16.00											$ 16.00	$ 16.80																																									$ 24.00	$ 16.00
Transaction closing costs															300,000											1,000,000																											600,000
Transaction closing costs, cash expenses															10,000											400,000
Transaction closing costs, Amortized to interest expense																										600,000
Guaranteed minimum value of stock issued in connection with the three tranches																										400,000
Number of tranches related to TCA																										3
Value of shares recorded in temporary equity																	100,000									500,000
Maximum amount of capital expenditures allowed per year																										300,000
Outstanding principal amount of debentures converted													300,000	100,000
Number of common stock (in shares)													21,429	7,000		5,000	3,026
Conversion price (in dollars per share)													$ 14.00	$ 14.00
Maximum loss recognized on the transaction		(2,891,000)	(4,941,000)										100,000	100,000																																																	2,300,000
Carrying amount of debt					100,000								400,000	100,000
Subordinated Convertible debt allocated to equity						400,000
Shares issuable on conversion (in shares)															18,571
Principal amount of debt with maturity extension															300,000	1,100,000	300,000
Amount at closing of equity in excess of modification of notes																																																															7,000,000
Warrants to purchase shares of common stock (in shares)	1,714,286	1,714,286																																																													496,060
Warrants issued to note holders for antidilution protection																																																															441,395
Shares exchanged to purchase shares of common stock (in shares)							134,250																																																								1,554,734
Principal Amount of Notes	19,169,000	19,169,000						6,250,000		12,919,000					200,000																																								538,000																	2,500,000		100,000
Creditor's Debt Conversion Right (in dollars per share)																																																							$ 14.00
Stated Annual Interest Rate on Debt (in hundredths)	5.00%	5.00%					5.00%																		12.00%										10.40%	60.00%	21.70%	6.50%	6.50%				13.50%	17.80%	15.00%			3.90%	6.00%	5.50%	9.00%				10.00%						5.50%		5.00%							10.00%
Maturity Date of Debt						Jul. 31, 2016																											Dec. 31, 2015					Dec. 31, 2021	Dec. 31, 2021							May 31, 2014										Jul. 01, 2015	Jul. 01, 2016				Jul. 31, 2019		Jul. 31, 2016						Jul. 31, 2015
Number of Shares Under Warrants (in shares)	8,709	8,709																												12,000																									38,400
Exercisable Price of Warrant																																																							Exercisable immediately at $16.00 per share
Expiration Date of Warrant																																																							May 01, 2018
Fair value of conversion features																																																					500,000
Fair value of liability warrants																	10,000																																				500,000
Proceeds from issuance of the convertible notes and related warrants																																																						500,000										200,000	600,000
Increase in note principle under PIK election		100,000
Increase in shares of common stock underlying notes (in shares)	8,709	8,709
Proceeds from other debt																																																																	800,000	2,400,000				1,800,000			900,000
Debt discounts	2,273,000	2,273,000						2,273,000		0																																																							100,000
Debenture replacement description																																																																	In the third quarter of 2012, this January 2012 debenture was exchanged for a July 2012 debenture with a stated principal amount of $1.0 million, representing the original principal amount plus interest which will accrue through the replacement debenture’s January 2014 maturity. In July 2012, we also issued a new senior convertible debenture and related warrant and received $0.2 million in proceeds, net of financing costs.
Fair value of warrants issued																										500,000
Required number of days notice prior to conversion or exercise																																																										61 days
Minimum beneficial ownership interest to be required to give notice prior to conversion or exercise (in hundredths)																																																										4.99%
Stated principal amount				100,000																																																															1,000,000	1,000,000		4,400,000			1,000,000		2,500,000
Contract value of old notes repaid																																																																						2,300,000
Cash investment exchanged																																																																						100,000
Terms of conversion feature															In May 2013, we entered into agreements to allow each holder of existing subordinated convertible notes and warrants to invest in additional notes and related warrants and which provided that each holder making an additional investment (i) receive 0.0125 shares of our common stock for each dollar invested and (ii) agree to extend the maturity date for all of their notes to July 2016.  Further, each holder of outstanding convertible notes could elect (PIK Election), in lieu of receiving cash interest payments otherwise payable though June 2014 on their existing convertible notes to receive (i) an increase in the number of shares of common stock underlying their notes (ii) an equity warrant to purchase shares of our common stock and (ii) 0.0125 shares of our common stock for each dollar of interest otherwise payable through June 2014.  Holders making an additional investment were deemed under the agreement to have made a PIK Election.
Debt covenant description																										During the term of the TCA agreement, the Corporate and USA segments may not without TCA’s consent or approval, among other things, (i) enter into new debt (ii) make any new investments, except capital expenditures less than $0.3 million per year, (iii) issue or redeem stock, (iv) declare or pay dividends or make other distributions to shareholders, and (v) make loans and distributions of assets to any persons, including affiliates.
Amendment fee removed																										100,000
Number of investors																																																																									4
Available for working capital																																							1,500,000
Proceeds allocated for convertible debt and warrants		3,600,000
Convertible debt effective interest rate (in hundredths)		81.10%																																																																									20.90%	25.10%
Amount borrowed																																																													$ 700,000	1,700,000
Borrowing capacity, percentage of collateral, lower range limit (in hundredths)																																	30.00%
Borrowing capacity, percentage of collateral, upper range limit (in hundredths)																																	110.00%