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Eric Fichtl
<p>'Memory' and 'vote blank' – two slogans summarising popular exasperation with the post-dictatorship Argentine political landscape. <br /></p>

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PHOTOS

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


<p>Soldiers from the Colombian Army's Navos Pardo Battalion, based at Tame in the eastern Colombian state of Arauca. Tasked with securing the town and surrounding countryside against guerrilla and paramilitary presence, members of the battalion were implicated in a massacre at the indigenous reserve of Betoyes in May 2003. <br /></p>
<p>A walk in a forest reveals a sort of swamp amid the trees. <br /></p>
<p>Snow-coated branches intermingle ad infinitum.</p>
<p>The platform at Schönhauser Allee S-bahn station. </p>
<p>Snow, cold, and the early hour make for sparse traffic on Manhattan's Third Avenue.</p>
<p>A family slightly outnumbered by their contingent of matching dogs.</p>
<p>A street scene in the former colonial core of Jakarta, known as Batavia under the Dutch.</p>
<p>A woman washing clothes on a winter morning in Langa. </p>
TEXTS

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

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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.
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Times Square Record Mart: Universidad de Música Latina

A quick take on the legendary record shop in Times Square Subway station, just before it closed...
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Not this time, FIFA

On boycotting the 2022 World Cup.