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Men and women wait at a train station platform. A woman looks forward, toward the camera. Boxes and other forms of luggage are wrapped with rope beside her. The 80's was considered the "lost decade" because of Mexico's debt crisis. This was due to the falling oil prices that left Mexico without foreign currencies to pay off its $80 billion debt. This in effect, increased high levels of unemployement, especially in rural areas. Hombres y mujeres esperan en el andén de una estación de trenes. Una mujer mira hacia la cámara. A su lado, hay cajas y otras formas de equipaje que están atadas con cuerdas. La década de los 80 fue considerada la "década perdida" debido a la crisis de la deuda de México. Esto se debió a la caída de los precios del petróleo que dejó a México sin monedas extranjeras para pagar su deuda de $80 mil millones de dólares. Esta crisis aumentó los altos niveles de desempleo, especialmente en las zonas rurales.
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