About Dady Chery

Dr. Dady Chery is a Haitian-born poet, playwright, journalist and scientist. She is the author of the book "We Have Dared to Be Free: Haiti's Struggle Against Occupation." Her broad interests encompass science, culture, and human rights. She writes extensively about Haiti and world issues such as climate change and social justice. Her many contributions to Haitian news include the first proposal that Haiti’s cholera had been imported by the UN, and the first story that described Haiti’s mineral wealth for a popular audience.

Interview: Haitian-Born Author Dady Chery Dissects Haiti’s Ongoing Occupation

Interview of Dady Chery With Gilbert Mercier, Haiti Chery. A few months ago we decided to launch News Junkie Post Press, aka NJP Press. Dady Chery will be the first author published by us; Gilbert Mercier will be next in line. On the occasion, Mercier introduced Chery’s book and conducted this interview.

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Dady Chery’s Book ‘We Have Dared to Be Free’ 1st from NJP Press, July 28, 2015

Interview of Dady Chery With Gilbert Mercier, Haiti Chery. A few months ago we decided to launch News Junkie Post Press, aka NJP Press. Dady Chery will be the first author published by us; Gilbert Mercier will be next in line. On the occasion, Mercier introduced Chery’s book and conducted this interview.

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L’Idéal Dessalinien

Par Michel-Ange Cadet | Haiti Chery. Qu’en est-il aujourd’hui de cet idéal? Qu’en est-il de cette révolution et surtout où nous nous sommes perdus comme nation, comme peuple? Nous devons reprendre la révolution là ou elle a été interrompue. Si non, pensons une autre révolution avec les mêmes idéaux révolutionnaires de Dessalines: liberté, une société égalitaire, sans aucune discrimination, et l’intégrité du territoire où nous serons maitre de notre destinée.

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Adyjeangardy Gets International History Prize for ‘History of Haiti’s Arawak Indians’

By Amos Cincir, Omega World News | Haiti Chery. Translated by Dady Chery for Haiti Chery. Historian and career journalist Ady Jean-Gardy, or Adyjeangardy, was awarded the French Academy Institute of Arts and Letters International History Prize during the weekend of May 2-3, 2015 for his work, “Histoires des Indiens Arawaks d’Haiti” (History of Haiti’s Arawak Indians). (English | French)

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Le festin des dieux: Lien du Vodou à l’agriculture d’Haïti et aux ancêtres

Par Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. La religion et la culture haïtienne sont intimement liées à l’agriculture locale, à tel point que les cérémonies de Vaudou sont habituellement appelées manje lwa: festin des dieux. Nos lwa (dieux, esprits, divinités) doivent être nourris.

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From Haiti to Guatemala: MINUSTAH’s Edmond Mulet Comes Home to Roost

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Today, we have a big shot returning from the United Nations Mission for the Stabilization of Haiti (MINUSTAH), one who descends from the Guatemala of Efrain Rios Montt (1982-1983): we have Edmond Mulet, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations at the UN and probably Guatemala’s next president.

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Doutrina Monroe Imperial Vigente: Golpes Silenciosos na América Latina, o Caso do Equador

Por Dady Chery, Haiti Chery | Traduzido do inglês por Murilo Otávio Rodrigues Paes Leme. A estabilidade da América Latina, contudo, é a estabilidade de paciente comatoso. Começou com maciça expansão em tempo de paz de forças policiais e militares em Argentina, Brasil e Chile (ABC), começando em torno de 2004, com patrocínio das Nações Unidas. (Inglês | Português)

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Pensée impériale

Par Michel-Ange Cadet, Haiti Chery | Tableaux de Gerard Fortuné. “Leurs intérêts pour l’homme, les races humaines, et les nations se réduisent à ce que ces hommes peuvent leur rapporter. L’appétit pour l’or, la richesse, la gloire, et pour dominer et assujettir constituent l’essence même de l’idéal impérial.”

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Yet More Brazilian Military Train to Take Command in Haiti | Militares treinam para exercer comando no Haiti

CCOPAB, Brazilian Ministry of Defense, Air Forces | Commentary and translation from the Portuguese by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Forty-two soldiers from the Brazilian Navy, Army, and Air Force concluded, on Friday, January 30, 2015, an Internship in the Preparation of Commanders and Staff for the 22nd Brazilian contingent for MINUSTAH. (English | Portuguese)

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Hypothesis for a New Revolution in Haiti | L’hypothèse d’une nouvelle révolution en Haïti

By Michel Ange Cadet, Haiti Chery. Revolution emanates, first and foremost from a collective consciousness. One must take stock of one’s own predicament. And this in turn forces us out of our indifference to act, so that we stop dreaming but give life to a common ideal. (English | French)

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Lessons from MLK: Call for a General Strike in Haiti | Appel à une grève générale en Haïti

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. In Haiti and everywhere, all non-violent action boils down to one principle: non-cooperation in one’s own repression. (English | French)

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Midnight of Haiti’s Parliament on the Earthquake’s Anniversary | Le minuit du parlement d’Haïti au jour de l’anniversaire du séisme

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Just as the earthquake had rattled the ground under the feet of Haitians, the dissolution of the Haitian Parliament at midnight, 00:00 on January 12, 2015, exactly five years later, has shaken to the core Haiti’s republican institutions. Right at the day’s start, the terms expired for all 99 members of the House of Representatives and 10 Senators. With only 10 members left, the Senate lacks a quorum and cannot function. (English | French)

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Dominican Republic: Haitians Strike Back on Independence Day

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. On the 211th Anniversary of Haitian Independence, January 1, 2015, some Dominican navy people must have decided to have their fun by arresting a group of Haitian fishermen in their own waters. Big mistake. The response was swift and categorical.

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United Nations Challenged About Bill Clinton’s Immunity in Haiti

Press Release, Haiti Chery. Lawyers Newton Louis St Juste and André Michel have legally challenged the UN Secretary General to clarify whether Bill Clinton’s 18 months as Co-Chair of the Interim Haiti Recovery Commission (IHRC) from 2009 to 2011, while he was UN Special Envoy for Haiti, entitles him to UN privileges and immunities against prosecutions being considered in the courts of Haiti and other countries.

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