Bogotá

City in Colombia. Part of Colombia.

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Source	Author	Role	In one line
For Delivery Workers in Latin America, Affordable E-Bikes Are a Superpower	Mariel Lozada	setting	Venezuelan migrants like Maldonado and Nuñez work as Rappi couriers in Bogotá, where motorbikes dominate and altitude and hills make pedal bikes hard; e-bikes let Nuñez climb any hill and earn more.

For Delivery Workers in Latin America, Affordable E-Bikes Are a Superpower — Mariel Lozada (2025)

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Nuñez moved to Bogotá and started working with delivery apps a year ago. On a regular bike, the hills of the city were a struggle: Bogotá sits 8,660 feet above sea level, one of the highest capitals in the world.

• Role: setting
• In the article: Venezuelan migrants like Maldonado and Nuñez work as Rappi couriers in Bogotá, where motorbikes dominate and altitude and hills make pedal bikes hard; e-bikes let Nuñez climb any hill and earn more.
• Why it matters: The city’s altitude and motorbike culture are the concrete problem the e-bikes solve.