Author Archives: Dady Chery

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.

Haiti Has Lowest Inmate Per Capita in Caribbean and 70% Await Trial | Haiti: le taux le plus faible des incarcérés aux Caraïbes and 70% attendent encore leur jugement

avatarPosted on by July 30, 2022

By Staff, Haiti Libre | Staff, AlterPresse | Commentary and translation by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. Canada and the U.S. are itching to build prisons in Haiti, although Haiti has the lowest per-capita number of inmates in the Caribbean, and 70 percent of those incarcerated have never been tried. (English | French)

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340 Square Mile Iceberg Breaking Away From Antarctica

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Patrick Lynch, NASA | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. The calving of a huge iceberg at Pine Island Glacier is being closely watched by scientists, who consider it to be the largest source of uncertainty in global sea-level rise projections.

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Haitian Dance Performances by Karine LaBel & Company

avatarPosted on by February 20, 2018

Haiti Chery. Haitian dance: Karine LaBel & Company perform the Vodou-influenced Charaignee Caraibe and Namenlos.Karine LaBel & Company perform Charaignee Caraibe and Namenlos.Karine LaBel & Company perform Charaignee Caraibe and Namenlos.Karine LaBel & Company perform Charaignee Caraibe and Namenlos.

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Rainwater Harvesting Ideal Source of Freshwater for Haiti

avatarPosted on by July 30, 2022

By Jose Pavero and others, In: Source Book of Alternative Technologies for Freshwater Augmentation in Latin America and the Caribbean. Rainwater harvesting is not used in Haiti, but over half a million people in the Caribbean get at least some of their water by this method. Rain-catchment systems are easy to build and operate and cost little to run.

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Cuban Software for Medicine, Games, Cell Phones Blocked from U.S.

avatarPosted on by December 22, 2018

By Staff of Prensa Latina, Cadena Agramonte, and Juventud Rebelde. Cuban companies cannot sell over 30 products to small and medium companies in the U.S. because of anti-Cuban White House policies.

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The G-20 Meeting

avatarPosted on by December 27, 2018

By Fidel Castro Ruz, CubaDebate via Granma. Those countries are attempting to monopolize technologies and markets by means of patents, banks, the most modern and costly forms of transportation, cybernetic domination of complex productive processes, and the control of communications and the mass media, in order to deceive the world.

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Occupy Oakland Crowd Swells to Thousands

avatarPosted on by December 27, 2018

By Jill Tucker, Carolyn Jones, Will Kane, SF Gate. Thousands of workers and students took to Oakland’s downtown streets today as part of a daylong general strike called by Occupy Oakland organizers to protest economic inequity and corporate greed.

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Communities Should Go to Court Over Water | Inicio Agua comunitaria pasa por los tribunales

avatarPosted on by December 21, 2018

By Emilio Godoy, IPS. Mexico City – Local communities in Latin America should go to court more often to fight for access to drinking water, regarded as a universal right, and combine legal action with social protests and political lobbying, experts say. (English | Spanish)

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Toussaint L’Ouverture, the Genius Who Embodied the Enlightenment

avatarPosted on by July 30, 2022

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. As the spirit of the Enlightenment inflamed everyone, the rebellious Haitian slaves led by Toussaint L’Ouverture would prove to be those most faithful to the Enlightenment ideals.

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Brilliant Move by Palestine Disqualifies U.S. from Palestine-Israel Negotiations

avatarPosted on by December 20, 2018

By Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. When the Palestinian application for full membership in UNESCO comes to the UN Security Council next month, the U.S. will certainly try to scuttle this membership. In doing so, the U.S. will lose all credibility in future Palestine-Israel negotiations.

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Nascent Union Charges Reprisals by Textile Factory Owners | Naciente sindicato denuncia represión patronal

avatarPosted on by December 21, 2018

By Ansel Herz, IPS. Port-au-Prince – Workers in Haiti’s apparel manufacturing sector charge that factory owners are repressing attempts to organise in the capital, after the dismissals of six of seven leading members of a new union within just two weeks of its formation. (English | Spanish)

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Lesotho Government to Turn Its Back on Textile Industry

avatarPosted on by March 11, 2019

By Kristin Palitza, IPS | Commentary by Dady Chery, Haiti Chery. In response to demands of a living wage from unions of Lesotho’s textile factory workers this summer, the World Bank is recommending to Lesotho’s government that it should ditch its textile industry, after the manufacturers have enjoyed Lesotho’s attractive tax breaks.

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