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On 10 October 2003, the Supreme Court made a landmark decision in the area of double jeopardy. The case involved Article 235 of the Penal Code, which addresses "simple larceny", and Article 2 of the Law for Prevention and Disposition of Robbery, Theft, etc., which addresses "habitual larceny".
The Nuremberg Military Tribunal decided the case of United States v Greifelt and Others (1948) on the basis that abortion was a crime within its jurisdiction according to the law defining crimes against humanity and thus within its definition of murder and extermination. [37]
Malaria cases were reduced from 300 cases in 1953 to only 66 cases in 1959. [101] The death rate was reduced from 20 per thousand in 1947 to 11.3 per thousand in 1953. [ 101 ] Infectious disease has been prevented by public sanitation and improvement of drainage, and the provision of piped pure water to the population.
Historical records of 5.4 million visitors and US$6.8 billion in receipts were reached in 2011. [297] [298] In the list of world tourist destinations, in 2018, Brazil was the 48th most visited country, with 6.6 million tourists (and revenues of 5.9 billion dollars). [299]
After the recession, Chilean economic growth rose quickly, eventually hovering between 5% and 10% and significantly outpacing the Latin American average (see chart). Additionally, unemployment decreased [ 125 ] and the percent of the population below the poverty line declined from 50% in 1984 to 34% by 1989. [ 126 ]
In 2019, the under-five child mortality rate was 6.5 deaths per 1000 live births, placing the US 33rd of 37 OECD countries. [68] While not as high in 2015 (14) [69] as in 2013 (18.5), maternal deaths related to childbirth have shown recent increases; in 1987, the mortality ratio was 7.2 per 100,000. [70]
In 2005 and 2006, real GDP growth rates of 1.5% and 3.0%, respectively, were slightly above the average for the Euro area. Unemployment rates of 8.4% in 2005 and 8.2% in 2006 were close to the area average. By October 2010, this had grown to 8.5% compared to an average rate of 9.6% for the European Union as a whole (EU 27).