{
  "id": 1461710,
  "title": "Intermediate Cities and Small Businesses Reshape Colombia’s Economy",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/intermediate-cities-and-small-businesses-reshape-colombias-economy",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T04:59:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Colombia One",
    "slug": "colombia-one",
    "url": "https://colombiaone.com/2026/08/16/small-businesses-colombia-economic-growth/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Small businesses in Colombia now generate much of the country’s economic momentum, while intermediate cities have become the main source of new business growth, according to economist Eduardo Freire’s analysis of the 2024 National Urban Economic Census (CENU). The nationwide census found that Colombia’s registered business establishments doubled from one million in 1990 to more […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}