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Men and women wait for the train to arrive at a station in Cuidad Juarez. They look towards the direction that the train is arriving to the station. Some people wait on the platform and others wait standing on the rails. Black freight containers are stationed in the adjacent tracks. 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 crisis increased high levels of unemployement, especially in rural areas. Hombres y mujeres esperan que el tren llegue a una estación en Ciudad Juárez. Miran en dirección del tren que arriba a la estación. Algunas personas esperan en el andén, otras esperan de pie en los rieles. Los contenedores de carga negros están estacionados en las vías adyacentes. 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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