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An unidentified man with a curly mid-length beard stands with a group of children on the side of the road. The man works at a shelter that helps poor children from the streets of Mexico City. 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. Un hombre no identificado con una barba rizada de mediana longitud se para con un grupo de niños a un lado de la carretera. El hombre trabaja en un refugio que ayuda a niños pobres de las calles de la Ciudad de México. Entre 1983 y 1988, los años 80 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 monedas extranjeras para pagar su deuda de $ 80 mil millones de dolares. 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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