Debt - Lines Of Credit (Details) - USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2017	Dec. 31, 2016
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Credit line capacity	$ 191,078,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 80,739,000	$ 47,321,000
JPMorgan Chase
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	2.74%
Credit line capacity	$ 175,000,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 69,700,000	38,809,000
Itau Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	5.50%
Credit line capacity	$ 1,450,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 280,000	419,000
Bank of Chile
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	6.60%
Credit line capacity	$ 2,500,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 2,486,000	1,619,000
BICE Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	5.50%
Credit line capacity	$ 2,000,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 1,151,000	1,538,000
BBVA Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	5.50%
Credit line capacity	$ 2,300,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 1,539,000	1,063,000
Estado Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	5.50%
Credit line capacity	$ 2,400,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 1,852,000	1,870,000
Santander Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	5.50%
Credit line capacity	$ 3,000,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 2,691,000	1,196,000
Scotiabank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	5.00%
Credit line capacity	$ 1,300,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 1,040,000	789,000
Corpbanca
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	5.00%
Credit line capacity	$ 500,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 0	18,000
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	2.90%
Credit line capacity	$ 285,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 0	0
Santander Bank
Line of Credit Facility [Line Items]
Interest rate on borrowings at June 30, 2017	2.75%
Credit line capacity	$ 343,000
Balance Outstanding	$ 0	$ 0

The carrying value as of the balance sheet date of the current and noncurrent portions of long-term obligations drawn from a line of credit, which is a bank's commitment to make loans up to a specific amount. Examples of items that might be included in the application of this element may consist of letters of credit, standby letters of credit, and revolving credit arrangements, under which borrowings can be made up to a maximum amount as of any point in time conditional on satisfaction of specified terms before, as of and after the date of drawdowns on the line. Includes short-term obligations that would normally be classified as current liabilities but for which (a) postbalance sheet date issuance of a long term obligation to refinance the short term obligation on a long term basis, or (b) the enterprise has entered into a financing agreement that clearly permits the enterprise to refinance the short-term obligation on a long term basis and the following conditions are met (1) the agreement does not expire within 1 year and is not cancelable by the lender except for violation of an objectively determinable provision, (2) no violation exists at the BS date, and (3) the lender has entered into the financing agreement is expected to be financially capable of honoring the agreement.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 210
-SubTopic 10
-Section S99
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 944
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-Section S99
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-Name Accounting Standards Codification
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-Paragraph 1
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