Ver-O-PESO: 398 years of exchanges that support the daily life of Pará | economy

The money that takes place between newspapers and trays, exceeds, Ver-o-speso It is a market for relationships. For nearly four centuries, Paranses families get support the place by exchanging foods, natural products, treatment, tools, accessories and clothes … for quantitative measuring numbers and unable to. On the eve of the anniversary 398 years oldTo be celebrated on 27, accompanied by the O Liberal report at the dawn of those who sell, buy and belong to the largest free exhibition in Latin America.

On the banks of Guajará Bay, the market never sleeps. It works 24 hours a day, provides the city with inputs presented by the Earth and Amazon Rivers. According to the Municipal Secretariat for Economic Development (SEDCON), there, daily 20 thousand peopleWhile almost 2,400 workersAmong the registered sellers and the streets, make sure that the popular economy equipment will continue to rotate. Ver-O-PESO moves, every year, $ 360 million (approximately $ 1 million a day). The numbers that cause admiration but do not reveal the life stories of this space. Those who counted them have harsh hands, feet impregnated with the smell of Pitiú and eyes who are noticeable and events that keep the market in operation.

Among the many voices that make this amazon symphony, are Rivaldo Silva63, which before Fadoca 40 years ago, I arrived at the Akai exhibition before sunrise. “For me, (ver-o-ph It sells 50 to 200 boxes of the product per day, depending on luck.

Vadoca has seen the market change, growth and fill new faces, with a common difficulty that is the search for livelihoods. He says: “The job is few, so people come here and everyone gets a place to work.”

“We want to improve the exhibition, because, as you see, it is very bad.”

The area that includes the ACAI exhibition is one of the most crowded complex, full of animals and other parts of different parts of the state.

Pear Junior Silva40, he started working with ACAI at the age of fourteen. He currently has a selling point for the liquid product in the Siderl group, and Bairro Do Coquiro is in Belém. “If you cannot live on what I see here, you can live on this point,” he justifies, explaining that he earns $ 10 in each re -selling box. The real profit does not come until after paying the transfer of products, packaging, and the salary of two employees and renting the commercial point.

“Black Gold of Amazon”, which reaches the Akai Gallery, at Dawn (Igor Mota / O Liberal)

On the other side of VER-O-PESO, at Pedra Do Peixe, Joao Gomez64, known as as ‘Spider-man’Boats see the consolidation and drainage of tons of fish every dawn. He knows this movement is better than a lot. “I work with fish for 56 years. Whoever gives us retirement is Jesus, who gives us strength,” he says, between laughter, while negotiating Tambaquis with a customer who evaluates whether it is worth taking three pounds of fish to $ 8 per one for $ 10.

Whether at the ACAI and Pedra Do Pexy, the dawn is feverish. Products arrive directly from ships and pass from hand to hand to customers. “Spider-Man” sells between 200 and 300 lb on the day the movement is good, but there are difficult weeks, when customers decrease and calculate accounts.

“We are working to eat. We must have money to buy the egg at least. God is a father and helps those who have faith,” he says.

It hits the market at 9 pm, and before midnight, it is already active.

Joao Gomez, 64, a fish seller known as “Spider-Man” (Igor Mota / O Liberal)

Aside from those who sell, there are those who buy and make Ver-O-Peso a commercial reference. Myra Reese33, businessman who lives in Quatipuru, in the northeastern region of Pará, travels to Belém twice a month to provide his store. He says: “I came here because it is cheaper and seized the opportunity to have coffee and feel the mood of the market.”

Mayra works with bags, jewelry and children’s articles. You can resell the bag that buys $ 65 for $ 100, ensuring your profit. It arrives before opening the shopping center stores.

“I reached 6 am and they were working for hours,” he noticed.

Market dynamics requires this organization. While sales delegates at the ACAI and Pedra Do Pexy are offering their seizures, merchants from other sectors have just started.

Myra Reese, 33 years old, businessman (Igor Mota / O Liberal)

It was transferred to an area between the booths of the sisters fruit and parking lot Josinaldo Coelho53, carries the tradition of the family. “I have always taken my livelihood from here. My father too. Now I am here, I created my children with this work,” he says.

Ver-O-PESO medicinal herbs are a separate separation inside the market. There, popular wisdom mixes with belief and tradition, and attracting clients who seek tea to pain to luck in love. Josinaldo feels that the movement is not comparable to the traditional place of herbs. “It’s not too good, no. It’s reasonable. But you can take it,” he says. Like many other market workers, the promised reform is awaiting:

“Ver-O-Peso is a chaos. This reform must leave soon. It will improve, to God’s willingness.”

Josinaldo Coelho, 53, Erveiro (Igor Mota / O Liberal)

The current repair of Ver-O-PESO, Mozi in the budget P. 63 million dollars It began in February 2024, to be completed by August this year as one of the ancient works of the thirtieth United Nations Conference on Climate Change (COP 30). The last major activation of the complex was conducted in 2002. The money was obtained through the Institute of Historical Heritage and National Technical Heritage (IPHAN) at the request of the previous municipal administration.

Ver-O-PESO complex

📍 The main units of the complex

1⃣ Fish stone 🐟

📌 Free fish trade at dawn, directly from ships.

2⃣ açaí fair 🍇

📌 Selling fresh fruits. There are also sectors of meals, flour and vegetables.

3⃣ Iron Market (Fish Market) 🎣

📌 Marketing fish inside. Outdoor service stores.

4⃣ Mercado Francisco Bologna (meat market) 🥩

📌 Selling meat, as well as food sectors, handicrafts and services.

5⃣ Solar Da Beira 🎭

📌 Space for cultural events, exhibitions and craft sales.

6⃣ Complex Gallery 🛍

📌 Various trade within the market.

🛍 Commercial activities at Ver-O-PESO

✅ Food

✅ The letter

Aves

Akai

✅ Medicinal herbs

✅ flour

✅ The devices

Fruits

Hortifrutigranjeiros

✅ Imported

Industrial

✅ snacks

✅ Miviv

The guards

✅ Grocery store

Fruit pulp

✅ The roots

✅ Plants and gardens

TUCUPI

👥 Movement in the complex

👷‍ WorkersNearly 2,400 people (holders and street vendors).

🚶‍ repetitionAbout 20,000 consumers go to the place daily.

💰 Financial movementNearly $ 360 million per year.

⏰ working hours: 24 hours a day.