{{short description|Online encyclopedia from Cuba built on MediaWiki software}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox website | name = EcuRed | logo = Logotipo EcuRed.svg | screenshot = | caption = | url = {{URL|https://www.ecured.cu}} | commercial = No<ref name="Políticas"/> | type = Online encyclopedia | language = Spanish | registration = Optional (required to edit pages) | author = Shared authorship<ref name="Políticas"/> | launch_date = August 2009 (Test phase)<br/>13 December 2010 (Official launch) | current_status = Active | content_license = CC BY-NC-SA<ref name="Políticas">{{Cite web |title=EcuRed:Políticas - EcuRed |url=https://www.ecured.cu/EcuRed:Pol%C3%ADticas |access-date=2025-04-23 |website=EcuRed|language=es}} Políticas page on EcuRed.</ref> | revenue = | programming_language = MediaWiki }} '''EcuRed''' is a Cuban online encyclopedia built on MediaWiki software. The site was launched on 13 December 2010.<ref name="larepublicape">{{cite web |date=13 December 2010 |title=Nace la Wikipedia cubana |url=http://www.larepublica.pe/13-12-2010/nace-la-wikipedia-cubana |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160302133114/http://larepublica.pe/13-12-2010/nace-la-wikipedia-cubana |archive-date=2 March 2016 |work=La República |location=Lima, Peru |language=es}}</ref> The name is an acronym from the Spanish phrase ''{{lang|es|'''E'''nciclopedia '''Cu'''bana en la '''Red'''}}'' (literally "Cuban Encyclopedia on the Network").
== Content == EcuRed was launched by the Cuban government, is based in Wikipedia and its content is closely entwined with the Cuban Revolution.<ref name="elpais">{{cite news |date=14 December 2010 |title=Nace la 'Wikipedia cubana' |language=es |work=El País |url=http://www.elpais.com/articulo/internacional/Nace/Wikipedia/cubana/elpepuint/20101214elpepuint_2/Tes}}</ref> The project is written from a perspective supportive of the Revolution.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://english.pravda.ru/news/society/14-12-2010/116203-0/|title=Cuba to launch Ecured, a Wikipedia-like database|publisher=Pravda.ru|date=14 December 2010|access-date=14 December 2010}}</ref> For example, EcuRed's writes about Fidel Castro saying "Today he writes and participates in the struggle of ideas worldwide. Due to his moral authority, he influences important and strategic decisions of the revolution", that George W. Bush "continues a long family tradition of dirty business, cheating and government intrigue",<ref name="larepublicape" /><ref name="elpais" /> and describes the United States as "the empire of our time" and "the most powerful nation of all time."<ref name="reuters">{{cite web |date=13 December 2010 |title=Cuba launches Wikipedia-like online encyclopedia |url=http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE6BD02E20101214?sp=true |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304050027/http://ca.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idCATRE6BD02E20101214?sp=true |archive-date=4 March 2016 |work=Reuters}}</ref>
EcuRed states on its webpage that its goal "is the accumulation and development of knowledge with a non-profit, pro-democracy aim from a decolonizing point of view".<ref name="cnn">{{cite web |date=14 December 2010 |title=Cuba launches its own online encyclopedia |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/americas/12/14/cuba.online.encyclopedia/index.html |publisher=CNN}}</ref>
==Reception== EcuRed was described by ''The Guardian'' as a Cuban version of Wikipedia.<ref name="Guardian151210" /> Activist Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, winner of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, accused the encyclopedia of "molding reality" and said it was "a perversion to destroy the mind".<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rojas |first=Rafael |date=2011-01-21 |title=Policías del recuerdo |url=https://elpais.com/diario/2011/01/21/opinion/1295564404_850215.html |access-date=2024-10-03 |work=El País |language=es |issn=1134-6582}}</ref><ref name="marti">{{Cite web |date=2012-02-13 |title=La Wikipedia cubana inyecta veneno contra disidentes y opositores |url=https://www.martinoticias.com/a/ecured/1641.html |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=Martí Noticias {{!}} Martinoticias.com/ |language=es}}</ref> The encyclopedia refers to the United States as "the empire of our time" and "the most powerful nation of all time", which has historically taken "by force territory and natural resources from other nations, to put at the service of its businesses and monopolies".<ref name="Guardian151210">{{Cite news |last=Jones |first=Sam |date=2010-12-15 |title=Cuba opens new online frontline in war of words: Castropedia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/dec/15/cuba-usa |access-date=2024-10-03 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}</ref> The encyclopedia describes blogger Yoani Sánchez as a "cybermercenary linked to the United States government".<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-27 |title=La "Wiki" cubana incluyó a Yoani Sánchez – Infobae.com |url=http://www.infobae.com/notas/631009-La-Wiki-cubana-incluyo-a-Yoani-Sanchez.html |access-date=2024-10-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427173948/http://www.infobae.com/notas/631009-La-Wiki-cubana-incluyo-a-Yoani-Sanchez.html |archive-date=27 April 2012 }}</ref>
==See also== *{{annotated link|Enciclopedia Libre Universal en Español}}
==References== {{Reflist|30em}}
==External links== * {{Official website}}
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