If any doubt remained about the threat of the rise of the far right in the world, and particularly in Latin America, the confirmation of the problem is now available: the Honduras Gate scandal, the duly certified audio recordings that allude to that country due to the prominent role of figures from the Honduran political spectrum, who were caught saying more than they can publicly admit.

This last point, if they were caught, is based on audio recordings, dated between January and April 2026, extracted from WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram. It's certainly difficult to know how they were made public, but politically speaking, this is truly irrelevant.

What matters is what the conversations of former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández with his interlocutors reveal, specifically stating that he plans to create a kind of "information cell," nothing less than to eradicate "communism and the evil left" in Our America—that's the motivating slogan.

It's absolutely unthinkable that the Honduras scandal could exist without the US government, specifically Mr. Rubio, behind it. Because in any case, the displays of total obedience from leaders like Milei, or those of the current Ecuadorian president, to cite just two examples, are much more a response to their alignment with what's dictated by the State Department, and less to spurious motivations or ideological coincidences.

Less ideology, less grand political rhetoric—what matters, what lies behind the Honduras scandal, is the instrumentalization of Latin American political figures to serve imperial interests.

In its short time in office, the Trump administration has given ample evidence of attempting to forge an alliance, taking advantage of the rise of the far right in some Latin American countries, such as Argentina, or of governments characterized by weakness and extreme subservience, as in the cases of Ecuador and Paraguay.

The echoes of this institutionally significant project are still fresh: Trump gathered a group of heads of state or government, potentially allied with him, at one of his private residences to officially inaugurate a new phase of submission under the logic of the Monroe Doctrine, presenting the so-called "Shield of the Americas"—an event that will surely be remembered.

Also, according to the leaked audios from the Honduras Gate scandal, Israel—that is, Zionism—appears, something openly admitted by former Honduran President Hernández, who in his comments asserts that Netanyahu orchestrated and paid for, as he puts it, Trump's magnanimous act of pardoning the Honduran, who had been sentenced to 45 years in prison due to his ties to drug trafficking.

And what role does Zionism play in this plot? It's a good question because, first of all, the obvious: if there is anti-communism, then naturally there is pro-Zionism; the two perspectives are almost inseparable, and it's fitting that their crimes are masked by ideological smokescreens. However, there’s something much more earthly at play: the apparent Israeli colonization operations in some of the vast and sparsely populated Argentine steppes, clearly orchestrated by the Milei administration in collusion with provincial governors, who have sold out to the highest bidder.

In the Honduras Gate audios, Hernández, who is said to now be the behind-the-scenes boss of the Honduran government, admits that the aforementioned “information cell” is Netanyahu’s idea, with support from the White House, and initially financed by the “libertarian” president of Argentina. This structure would generate fake news, centrally orchestrate smear campaigns against progressive governments in Latin America, and eventually influence the electoral processes of those countries.

According to Milei’s promise, he will deliver some $350,000 USD with the purpose of “eradicating the cancer of the left” in the region. Frankly, the figure seems ridiculously absurd, given the enormous task they claim to be undertaking: nothing less than eliminating the left, something no one has managed to do since its inception in the region.

The "nobody" category certainly includes the military dictatorships that ravaged Our America from the mid-1970s through the 1980s. Around that time, a task force was also organized, known as Operation Condor, in reference to that majestic animal, a symbol of the untamed Andes, that is, with its epicenter in the southern part of the continent.

Operation Condor, consisting of the exchange of information and abusive practices typical of these tyrannies, left between 60,000 and 80,000 people dead or disappeared, considered the darkest period in regional history, surpassed only by the plunder of the Spanish conquest and colonization.

Given the potential level of coordination, as revealed in the Honduras scandal, some analysts compare it to the Condor of the last century, a kind of Operation Condor 2.0, as it attempts to operate within the unstoppable flow of digital social networks. The coordination of Operation Condor 2.0 will likely be far more cloudy, by its very nature and operational logic, which is paradoxical because its predecessor was implemented by the security services of the dictatorships involved, with crucial assistance from the CIA, yet they inevitably left sufficient institutional traces.

Who would be the “priority victims” of Operation Condor 2.0? Judging by the concrete objectives, beyond Milei's deranged rhetoric, they would be primarily those places where elections are scheduled and where the current progressive authorities intend to remain in power. There's the imminent electoral contest in Colombia, where candidate Iván Cepeda is emerging with a resounding force, and the elections in October 2026 in Brazil, where Lula is seeking to repeat his previous electoral victory of 2022.

Although not mentioned, they are surely included in the objectives of the Honduras-gate governments like that of Mexico, and also places where, even with right-wing or far-right authorities, they face huge challenges from the opposition, or from social organizations, in some cases like Bolivia, in open rebellion against the current government. The cases of Correa's movement in Ecuador or the Peruvian left-wing candidate, Roberto Sánchez, are probably in the sights of Operation Condor 2.0, to destabilize them, to prevent them from coming to power—in short, all very democratic.

And is Cuba mentioned? No, as far as we know, but it's practically obvious. If the motivation is “anti-communist,” and especially if Mr. Rubio is in charge, then naturally the ultimate goal is to develop another flank to isolate the Cuban Revolution, a traditional objective of all those who have governed the US since 1959.

The far right in our region has been relatively well-studied. As such, it presents a set of characteristics that make it similar to those that act as a kind of ideological paradigm, such as the most emblematic case of Trumpism, the American version of this problem.

The similarities range from the usually blatant anti-communist rhetoric, regardless of whether it reveals its anti-democratic logic—for example, the rejection of multiparty systems—to what is now exposing one of the true intentions of the Honduras scandal: the imperialist desire to exploit the “admiration”/subordination of the Latin American far right to deploy the Donroe Doctrine with impunity.

Another aspect of this plot is the unequivocal mess of organized crime with the Latin American far right. Yes, because, as mentioned, the protagonist of the Honduras scandal is former President Hernández, sentenced for sending no less than 400 tons of cocaine to the US; but Noboa, the Ecuadorian with the famous surname, from the wealthiest family in the region, also appears, among other reasons for exporting opioids to Europe, concealed in bananas boxes. Let's not forget Milei, the one behind the "Libre" cryptocurrency scam—that's the name of the aforementioned cryptocurrency—which the FBI is even investigating to avoid looking bad, not because they intend to take action against an ally of the White House.

Over there in the Trump administration, the case that seems almost inevitable is that of Foreign Minister Rubio himself, whose brother-in-law spent a few years in jail for being part of a drug trafficking empire in Florida. And what could be described as a kind of gangland with a gilded veneer—the presidential family, Trump's family, involved in sordid dealings ranging from blatant tax evasion to influence peddling and the commodification of insider information—is nothing out of the ordinary, except that the White House occupant more than doubled his fortune in just the first year of his second term.

It's astonishing how so many atrocities can be attributed to a single political idea or projection, and not all of them are even mentioned. Unscrupulous killers, both on the Zionist side and driven by Mr. Rubio's criminal zeal, not to mention the rampant immorality that Trump boasts of, whose ethical limits are the same, whatever that may entail, even to the audacity of selling his own land, his nation, to the highest bidder, as is happening in Argentina and its steppes, or in Honduras itself, which through the so-called ZEDEs (Special Economic Development Zones), they present a unique case of surrendering almost absolute sovereignty.

The far right, moreover, is the governing expression of hyper-concentrated financial capital, from those who rule in Washington, who selected President Trump, but who also include the Buenos Aires oligarchs, who, incidentally, are listed on the New York Stock Exchange, or, of course, those from Guayaquil (the Noboa family), to state the countries specifically mentioned.

With or without Operation Condor 2.0, the challenges facing the left in the region are enormous, perhaps greater than ever before. These challenges are directly proportional to those faced by the far right in power, in a context where imperial domination seems to be crumbling. Therefore, it’s urgent to expose their true intentions and reveal their misdeeds, such as those exposed by the Honduras scandal.

Regarding Cuba, as already mentioned, the Honduras scandal looms as another front to monitor, not only for our national security needs but also more broadly, because it directly affects our natural allies—those who can cooperate with the island, those who offer words of encouragement when most needed, those who form the hard core, often sacrificing themselves, of solidarity with the Cuban Revolution. That is the task.

Translated by Amilkal Labañino / CubaSí Translation Staff