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Income Taxes - Summary of Differences Between Total Income Tax Expense Statutory Federal Income Tax Rate (Parenthetical) (Detail)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]      
Corporate statutory rate 34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate 34.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
Puerto Rico [Member]      
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]      
Corporate statutory rate 39.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
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39.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
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30.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
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Puerto Rico [Member] | Rate Prior to Retroactive Increase [Member]      
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]      
Corporate statutory rate   30.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
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Puerto Rico [Member] | Increase in Statutory Rate [Member]      
Income Tax Expense Benefit [Line Items]      
Corporate statutory rate   39.00%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateReconciliationAtFederalStatutoryIncomeTaxRate
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