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In the foreground, a man using a wheelchair wearing a sombrero plays the harp in the night. Groups of people are seen in a parking lot near the plaza where papel picado is hung by strings on the nights lights. 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. En primer plano, un hombre que usa una silla de ruedas con un sombrero toca el arpa en la noche. Grupos de personas se ven en un estacionamiento cerca de la plaza donde el papel picado cuelga de cuerdas en medio de las luces nocturnas. 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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