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In the foreground, a small girl stands in the shade holding a bag. A woman brooms mud around the dry ground next to another woman and man. In the background, tables of food are set next to the train tracks as women sell food to passengers in a small town. 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, especially in rural areas. En primer plano, una niña pequeña se para en la sombra sosteniendo una bolsa. Una mujer limpia el piso con una escoba y está junto a otra mujer y hombre. En el fondo, las mesas de comida se colocan junto a la vía del tren mientras las mujeres venden comida a los pasajeros en un pequeño pueblo. 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, especialmente en las zonas rurales.
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