Evictions // The Bare City
In Bogotá, the quarantine starts on March 20. But the economy of the city is based on the informal work that represents around 60% of the workflow in the capital. A large proportion of the inhabitants lost all their income with the quarantine. In this particularly difficult context, a process of eviction has begun in a poor neighborhood of Bogotá, Ciudad Bolivar. In early May, the city council began to evict the inhabitants of the shantytown of Altos de La Estancia and to destroy the houses and barracks. Some had been living there for years, others had only been there for months. Many worked before the quarantine as recyclers, cleaners nannies, construction workers. Many are also displaced people for the conflict
in Colombia.
The evictions began in early May with a violent police intervention followed by the entry of destruction machines that destroyed houses and turned the land upside down. The evicted inhabitants were able to take very few things with them and now found in the returned land children's toys, shoes, clothes, mattresses... To facilitate the voluntary departures, the officials of the town hall were able to offer help and possible accommodation. But so far, more than a month after the first evictions, no concrete help has arrived, and many families are currently living on the streets, including children, pregnant women and the elderly.
From the global series La Ville Nue // The Bare City
Evictions // The Bare City
In Bogotá, the quarantine starts on March 20. But the economy of the city is based on the informal work that represents around 60% of the workflow in the capital. A large proportion of the inhabitants lost all their income with the quarantine. In this particularly difficult context, a process of eviction has begun in a poor neighborhood of Bogotá, Ciudad Bolivar. In early May, the city council began to evict the inhabitants of the shantytown of Altos de La Estancia and to destroy the houses and barracks. Some had been living there for years, others had only been there for months. Many worked before the quarantine as recyclers, cleaners nannies, construction workers. Many are also displaced people for the conflict
in Colombia.
The evictions began in early May with a violent police intervention followed by the entry of destruction machines that destroyed houses and turned the land upside down. The evicted inhabitants were able to take very few things with them and now found in the returned land children's toys, shoes, clothes, mattresses... To facilitate the voluntary departures, the officials of the town hall were able to offer help and possible accommodation. But so far, more than a month after the first evictions, no concrete help has arrived, and many families are currently living on the streets, including children, pregnant women and the elderly.
From the global series La Ville Nue // The Bare City