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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>

Thanks for visiting. This website features my photography, writing, and a bit about me.

PHOTOS

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


<p>A scene on Venice's Grand Canal.<br /></p>
<p>A baby bathes in a plastic bucket. The child's family had been displaced by flooding and they were living in makeshift shelters on a plaza near the national congress.</p>
<p>Umm, right.<br /></p>
<p>Two Mexico City cobblers in their uniquely decorated workshop. <br /></p>
<p>A small crowd watches their neighbours playing football, somewhere in Timor-Leste's east. </p>
<p>People rushing toward a night out in midtown Manhattan.</p>
<p>A trio of taxi drivers chat while waiting for a fare.</p>
<p>A family poses for a portrait in Tiananmen Square. </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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Let Them Eat Cake… The End of the Tortilla Subsidy in Mexico

The cost of that most Mexican of basic foodstuffs jumped by 25% as the government repealed price control legislation.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Multilateral Lending in the 1990s

A briefing on key terminology and institutions.
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On Nury Vittachi's 'North Wind'

Hong Kong writer Vittachi examines pressure on free speech during the 1997 handover from Britain to China