Percentage added to the average of highest price.

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Percentage Deducted From the Average of Lowest Price.

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Foreign exchange rate used to remeasure amounts denominated in a currency other than functional currency into functional currency.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 830
-SubTopic 30
-Section S99
-Paragraph 1
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6897108&loc=SL6897125-166521

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Amount of stock repurchase plan authorized.

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Number of shares that have been repurchased during the period and have not been retired and are not held in treasury. Some state laws may govern the circumstances under which an entity may acquire its own stock and prescribe the accounting treatment therefore. This element is used when state law does not recognize treasury stock.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 505
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 2
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=6928386&loc=d3e21463-112644

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 04
-Article 3

Reference 3: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher SEC
-Name Regulation S-X (SX)
-Number 210
-Section 02
-Paragraph 29, 30
-Article 5

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Detail information of subsequent event by type. User is expected to use existing line items from elsewhere in the taxonomy as the primary line items for this disclosure, which is further associated with dimension and member elements pertaining to a subsequent event.

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Subsequent Events - Additional Information (Detail) - Subsequent Event [Member] shares in Thousands	Feb. 26, 2016 shares	Feb. 18, 2016 VEB / $	Feb. 17, 2016 VEF / $	Jan. 29, 2016 USD ($)
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Percentage added to the average of the highest price on each of the five trading days prior to the date of acquisition, to determine maximum price				10.00%
Percentage deducted to the average of the lowest price on each of the five trading days prior to the date of acquisition, to determine minimum price				10.00%
Common shares repurchased \| shares	800
Bolivar fuerte re-measurement exchange rate		202.9	13.5
Maximum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Common shares to be repurchased, amount \| $				$ 300,000,000
Bolivar fuerte re-measurement exchange rate			10
Minimum [Member]
Subsequent Event [Line Items]
Bolivar fuerte re-measurement exchange rate			6.3