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From Obama To Uber, The New Digital Face Of American Arrogance

A hard European retort to an attitude that extends from Silicon Valley to the White House, which says that the United States' dominance in new technology should give it free license abroad.

Barack Obama and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
Barack Obama and Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg
David Barroux

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PARISBarack Obama, who is launching a charm offensive in Silicon Valley, has decided to make some friends by accusing Europe of protectionism. The American president passionately declared that “in defense of Google and Facebook, sometimes the European response here is more commercially-driven than anything else. We have owned the Internet. Our companies have created it, expanded it, perfected it in ways that they can’t compete.”

Such arrogance is surprising. In a recent interview given to Le Monde, Uber founder Travis Kalanick barely tried to hide the fact he would not comply with our laws as long as he found them unsuitable — and that he would help those working for him commit tax fraud as long as France did not follow his rules.

Let’s imagine the reaction of Uncle Sam’s justice and tax systems if a European group was to more or less openly ignore the law of the land on American soil. The truth is that every democracy has the right to defend its vision of justice and impose its laws upon those who choose to take interest in its market.

More importantly, it would be appropriate to remind President Obama that Europe is not China — the cyberspace’s only counter-power — i.e. a country that has closed its digital borders. The Internet in Europe has become a Far West without a sheriff, where the American giants are thriving in total freedom and, sometimes, with complete impunity.

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In Nicaragua, A Tour Of Nightlife Under Dictatorship

Nicaraguan publication Divergentes takes a night tour of entertainment spots popular with locals in Managua, the country's capital, to see how dictatorship and emigration have affected nightlife.

In Nicaragua, A Tour Of Nightlife Under Dictatorship

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Divergentes

MANAGUA — Owners of bars, restaurants and nightclubs in the Nicaraguan capital have noticed a drop in business, although some traditional “nichos” — smaller and more hidden spots — and new trendy spots are full. Here, it's still possible to dance and listen to music, as long as it is not political.

There are hardly any official statistics to confirm whether the level of consumption and nightlife has decreased. The only reliable way to check is to go and look for ourselves, and ask business owners what they are seeing.

This article is not intended as a criticism of those who set aside the hustle and bustle and unwind in a bar or restaurant. It is rather a look at what nightlife is like under a dictatorship.

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