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Two homeless boys with their arms around each other stand in front of a wall of political propaganda flyers. A large "NO" painted over the flyers that is part of a street wall slogan asking for a solution to the conflict on rural normal schools, "NORMALES RURALES SOLUCION." The child on the left wears a faded, dirty sweater with a hole. The 80's were considered the "lost decade" because of Mexico's debt crisis. This was due to the falling oil prices that left Mexico without foreign currency to pay off its $80 billion debt. This in effect, increased high levels of unemployement. In 1981, 52.5 percent of households in Mexico were considered poor. Dos niños sin hogar que se abrazan están parados frente a un muro con volantes de propaganda política. Un gran "NO" pintado sobre los volantes es parte del eslogan de una pinta que pide una solución al conflicto en las escuelas rurales normales: "NORMALES RURALES SOLUCION". El niño de la izquierda usa un suéter sucio y descolorido con un agujero. Los años 1980 fueron considerados como 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 moneda extranjera para pagar su deuda de $80 mil millones. Esto, en efecto, aumentó los altos niveles de desempleo. En 1981, 52.5 por ciento de los hogares en México eran considerados pobres.
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