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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>Greenhouses form an abstract pattern in a valley more than a stone's throw away.</p>
<p>A couple cut through a glistening Marienplatz, Munich.</p>
<p>Two soldiers on sentry duty in Tame, Arauca. Both men were part of Colombia's 'Soldados de mi pueblo' initiative, which inducted locally born men into military service in their own communities in an attempt to bolster security. </p>
<p>A pair of hikers heading toward the Sas de Pütia / Peitlerkofel peak, visible during a brief clearing in the mists and clouds that were whipping around up there. </p>
<p>A small crowd watches their neighbours playing football, somewhere in Timor-Leste's east. </p>
<p>A boy runs around the grounds of Pura Taman Ayun, a Hindu temple.</p>
<p>Simple graves sealed with concrete in one section of Marrakech's Jewish cemetery. This large cemetery speaks to the considerable size of the Jewish community in Marrakech at one point.</p>
<p>A cold spell froze this flower before it could unfurl.</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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The Massacre at Betoyes

An armed group attacked the indigenous Guahibo community at Betoyes. Who was it?
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Uribe Administration Impeding Foreign Press

The new president moves to limit any potentially damaging reports appearing in the foreign press.