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Two boys sit at a restaurant after eating tacos. They sit in front of a table with their empty plates. The boy in the back drinks Coca-cola from a glass bottle. The boys just finished shining an officer's shoes and used the money they earned to eat. 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 se sientan en un restaurante después de comer tacos. Se sientan frente a una mesa con sus platos vacíos. El niño de atrás bebe Coca-Cola de una botella de vidrio. Los muchachos acaban de terminar de lustrar los zapatos de un oficial y usaron el dinero que ganaron para comer. 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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