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The Cuban encyclopedia EcuRed arises from the need to provide universal knowledge in a .cu domain in order to be accessible to the vast majority of Cubans, who, due to the restrictions imposed by the United States government blockade against Cuba, cannot can access the internet. The EcuRed also fulfils the objective of showing a decolonizing point of view, (which can seldom be found in the media with a 'western' vision and under the power that money grants) and wants to become a powerful {{tag|education}}al tool with all the advantages of an online encyclopedia. | The Cuban encyclopedia EcuRed arises from the need to provide universal knowledge in a .cu domain in order to be accessible to the vast majority of Cubans, who, due to the restrictions imposed by the United States government blockade against Cuba, cannot can access the internet. The EcuRed also fulfils the objective of showing a decolonizing point of view, (which can seldom be found in the media with a 'western' vision and under the power that money grants) and wants to become a powerful {{tag|education}}al tool with all the advantages of an online encyclopedia. | ||
For its creation, it was taken as a precedent that Cuba has a | For its creation, it was taken as a precedent that Cuba has a recognized tradition of educational, scientific, and social development, enhanced by the integral and harmonious development that is promoted by the Cuban state, which has allowed it to occupy a vanguard place in the fields of education, scientific, economic, and social activity, with the consequent benefit for our country and other nations of the world. | ||
Despite the fact that Cuba has qualified human resources for the optimal use of | Despite the fact that Cuba has qualified human resources for the optimal use of information and communication technologies, depending upon the development of the knowledge society, it did not have an interactive tool, with which to socialize their knowledge, that woud allow the Cuban citizen, not only to be a user of information, but also to become a producer of it, contributing this modality to the dissemination of their knowledge, this encyclopedia being the first project with these characteristics in Cuba. | ||
===History=== | ===History=== | ||