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Eric Fichtl

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Thank you for visiting. This website features my photography and writing. Learn a bit more about me.

<p>A man thinks while drinking pulque, a traditional Mesoamerican indigenous drink made from the maguey plant.</p>
PHOTOS

Here is a random sample of my photos. Visit my galleries for many more.


<p>Darkness envelopes two tents in the Norwegian wilderness.</p>
<p>Plaques expressing gratitude to Archbishop Oscar Romero fill a low wall outside the chapel where he was murdered. Renowned for his embrace of the poor, and an outspoken critic of the Salvadoran government and widespread human rights abuses in his country, Romero was shot and killed by right-wing death squads while conducting mass on 24 March 1980. <br /></p>
<p>Morning sun illuminates some slopes on Sas de Pütia. <br /></p>
<p>Two Mexico City cobblers in their uniquely decorated workshop. <br /></p>
<p>A view up one of Buenos Aires' main boulevards, Avenida Callao.</p>
<p>A woman washing clothes on a winter morning in Langa. </p>
<p>Empty kegs provide impromptu seating as the night wears on in Dublin's Dame Lane.</p>
<p>Gentle peaks reflect in a reedy lake.<br /></p>
TEXTS

A lot of what I write professionally carries no by-line. Here are some of the works I have put my name to.

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An Introduction to the Third Sector in Hong Kong: Historical Developments and Current Outlook

A brief history of Hong Kong’s nonprofit sector, examining the parallel development of Chinese and Western charities as well as local philanthropy.
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On Jacobo Timerman's 'Prisoner Without a Name, Cell Without a Number'

A powerful memoir of the Argentine junta's crimes, ripe with lessons for our present period of strongmen and 'friendly fascism'.
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Washington’s New Weapon in the War on Drugs

Washington’s drug warriors claim Fusarium oxysporum will eradicate illicit crops in a “tested, environmentally safe” manner.