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EcuRed states on its webpage that its goal "is the accumulation and development of knowledge with a non-profit, pro-democracy aim from a [[Decolonization|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>

==CriticismReception==

Due to its purpose and editorial characteristics, EcuRed was described in its beginnings by some media as "a Castro version of Wikipedia and not fair and biased in articles on politics, contemporary history and biographies of relevant figures in the recent history of Cuba." It has been criticized by Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, winner of the Sakharov Prize for Human Rights, for providing slanderous information against members of the so-called [[Cuban dissident movement|Cuban dissidents]] and for serving as the official means of communication for the Cuban government.<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>{{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> ForRojas example, some ofmentions the articlesarticle mentionedon are "Fidel Castro", which isdescribes describedhim as the undisputed Leader of the [[Cuban Revolution]] and "United States", described as the empire of our time. The opposition and activist Yoani Sánchez is described as a "cybermercenary linked to the United States government." It also addresses other topics such as "State Terrorism in Colombia" which alludes to the so-called "democratic security policy" of the [[Álvaro Uribe]] government.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-04-27 |title=La "Wiki" cubana incluyó a Yoani Sánchez – Infobae.com |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427173948/http://www.infobae.com/notas/631009-La-Wiki-cubana-incluyo-a-Yoani-Sanchez.html |access-date=2024-10-03 |website=web.archive.org}}</ref><ref>{{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 alleged bias of its content cost it the nickname ''Castropedia'' in an article published by the British newspaper ''[[The Guardian]]'' shortly after the portal's inauguration.<ref>{{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>

==See also==