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.
Haiti: Lawyer Newton Louis St Juste called on by US justice as a witness By EMB and GP Translated from the French by Dady Chery for Haiti Chery. Port-au-Prince, December 4, 2015 — Lawyer Newton Louis St Juste will leave … Continue reading →
By Dady Chery Haiti Chery What if there were an election and nobody came? It happened in Haiti on August 9, 2015. Language fails us. Words like election, plebiscite and democracy no longer matter. If there had been a word … Continue reading →
More than 15 Dead in New Violence in Cité Soleil Haiti Chery via Radio Kiskeya (JMD, SPP, ETB) Translated from the French by Dady Chery for Haiti Chery More than 15 people from several Cité Soleil (north of the capital) … Continue reading →
Une fois de plus, Jean-Bertrand Aristide est utilisé comme un front pour aider à légitimer le pillage d’Haïti par la communauté internationale. Le 29 et 30 septembre, tandis qu’un groupe de plus de 15 partis politiques haïtiens organisaient une série … Continue reading →
By Dady Chery Haiti Chery Once again, Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s person is serving as a front to help legitimize Haiti’s pillage by the international community. On September 29 and 30, while a group of more than 15 Haitian political parties organized … Continue reading →
Dady Chery Talks to Anita Stewart About Haiti – Part 2 The following interview is part 2 of a three-part series on Challenging the Rhetoric on August 26-28, which was originally broadcast on Wise Women Media on August 5, 2015. … Continue reading →
Interview of Dady Chery with Eric Draitser Haiti Chery Eric Draitser: Today I have the amazing special opportunity to speak to someone whom I really admire, really respect, whose work I follow regularly, and I think we’re all going to … Continue reading →
By Dady Chery Haiti Chery Ruthann Amarteifio: It has been a long time. So Dady, you have been writing a book called We Have Dared to Be Free, for five years. Before the dreadful earthquake in Haiti in 2010, you … Continue reading →
The following interview was originally broadcast on Wise Women Media on August 5, 2015 and later rebroadcast as a three-part series on Challenging the Rhetoric, on August 26-28. For the audio for the first part of the series, scroll to … Continue reading →
By Dady Chery Haiti Chery When news of Haiti died down in the mainstream media two months after the earthquake, things had not cooled down: quite the contrary, they had just started to simmer. A highly controversial State of Emergency … Continue reading →
By Dady Chery Haiti Chery Before Michel Martelly and his cohorts were installed to make a joke of the Haitian Republic, the country had 10 Departments divided into 42 Boroughs (arrondissements), which were in turn divided into 140 Cities (communes) … Continue reading →
By Michel-Ange Cadet Haiti Chery The last clouds of smoke dissipate after the deafening sounds of cannons at Vertières. Bodies, bruised, bloodied, are spread out on the road. Streams of bloods mix with the torrential rains and flow to the … Continue reading →
