THE IMPACT OF STREET VENDORS IN
BOGOTA
BY
CAREN NATALIA ROJAS FLÓREZ
Grado 11
Teacher Ángela Romero Suarez
Institute . André Michellin
Bogotá, Colombia
2020
STREET VENDORS IN BOGOTA
CAREN NATALIA ROJAS FLÓREZ
Teacher Ángela Romero Suarez
Institute . André Michellin
Bogotá, Colombia
INTRODUCTION
The next work will be about a consultation about street vendors,
and what has been its impact that has had in the city of Bogota,
Colombia, taking into account that the problem that is lived with
these people is because they illegally invade the space but when it
comes to the truth they do no evil to anyone, they just try to earn
the silver honestly so that they can live because of the lack of
sufficient employment, and how the mayor of Bogota tries to help
these people.
WHAT IS A STREET VENDOR
All persecutions, plagues and curses lie on the street vendor: they
are pursued by the National Code of Police for invasion of public
space; are the number one enemies of the chambers of commerce,
since they consider them to be the illegal competence of their
traders; are persecuted by tradeassociations as their staunch rivals;
The police chase them and take away the goods, making them lost
many times, in short, the street vendor is cause for scarnium of
those who have a definite economic status
does nmean the above that we agree that the Police Code is
violated or that it is not equally true that the invasion of public
space by multiple ventorrillos on each sidewalk and on every
corner, somehow generates urban chaos. But in the face of
compliance with these rules there are also basic fundamental
rights, such as the right to survival, to procure even a mug and a
panelwater, not to mention the right to work and a dignified life ,
WHERE DID THIS TYPE OF INFORMAL TRADE
ORIGINATE IN COLOMBIA
In Colombia, informal sales arose due to violence,
unemployment, government mismanagement, inequality,
among other factors. In the country street vendors are
engaged in the sale of all kinds of goods, such as books,
movies, and services such as the resale of cell phone
minutes. with the above then we can infer that the problem
with street vendors is not just public space, this comes from
other factors as stated in the above, if these factors are
taken into account equally for all street vendors decrease or
be more legal.
PROBLEMS OF PUBLIC SPACE IN DOWNTOWN
BOGOTA
In the city of Bogotá the number of street vendors is a lot and the following
image shows how this public problem is generated on occasion, in the
transit of people in the center of Bogota
THE PROTEST
The problem that plagues the street vendors in the city of Bogotá every day
is more serious than we could imagine, because even if the government
wants to take the street vendors out of the center of Bogota which is
where more informal sales are given , they do not let themselves be taken
out, because they have been fighting with those in public space for years
that takes away their things because they are invading public space, but in
the absence of better solutions
SPACE IN THE CITY THE BOGOTA
Anot her problem t hat comes wit h talking about
st reet vendors and illegally t aking public space
is t hat of vendors who have t heir place of t heir
own t hings like t he but t erf ly, on July 20, in t he
Restrepo, et c. . For many years t hey have been
scat tered all over t he cit y f ullselling t heir stuff
and t aking up a lot of space in t he places leaving
t he place quit e
BUT NOT EVERYTHING IS BAD FOR STREET VENDORS, IN AGREEMENT WITH
THE MAYOR OF BOGOTA THERE IS A PROGRAM CALLED "IPES IT WILL EXPLAIN
WHAT IT I S
WHAT IS THE IPES PROGRAM ABOUT
IPES is a social care program aimed at paid informal traders
in the Municipality of Bogotá that brings together a wide
range of services and benefits, with which they seek to
improve the social and economic conditions of these people
and those of their group Family. It is a real opportunity to
have access to credit and financial services that will allow
you to strengthen and build your own company and receive
the
Andadvice.
accompaniment necessary to achieve this goal. It is a
real opportunity for the social and service offer of the
Municipality of Bogota and the state to reach you and your
entire family more easily and quickly. It's a real opportunity to
build your future.
CONCLUSION
IN conclusion, t he impact t hat st reet vendors have
had on the cit y of Bogot a in recent years and
during hist ory has been st rong, because t hey are
asking t o be allowed t o sell t heir litt le places in
t he cent er of Bogota and that t hose in public
space do not dist urb t hem , but on t he one hand
t his is done because t he f ree public space is a
right of every cit izen, t o f ree movement t hrough
t he st reets, but we must also t ake int o account
t hat what these worker s do is supported by t he
right to work and since there is no f ormal work
f or everyone, t hey have t o resort t o t his form of
work to earn t heir livelihood.
