he events having to do with the tyranny of more than half a century of Fidel Castro and the present dictatorship of Hugo Chávez, are significant news for the free world in general and, particularly, for the United States of America. And this is so, not because this might imply an immediate crisis of vast proportions against the security of the United States, but because in many ways it affects that security, something that could eventually force Washington to adopt unforeseen measures – at least publicly – to protect its ideals and interests that already are seriously threatened. The threat against Honduras, a country that would have been turned into a Castro and Chávez base in the strategic Central American isthmus, is being met courageously by the present constitutional government of Honduras with the support of the nation’s live forces.

Evidently, in the United States of America there are serious issues that affect the national life such as the proposed health care reform, immigration reform and, of course, everything deriving from the huge world-wide economic crisis.

However, the United States of America should not see with relative indifference or little concern the movements of Hugo Chávez and Fidel Castro that at the end of June concentrated on the case of Honduras, where they were on the brink of installing a regime satellite of Havana and Caracas. The case of Honduras must be considered as one of national interest for the United States.

Hopefully, the government in Washington, especially the White House, the Department of State and the Department of Defense, will be fully aware of the problem posed for the nation’s security by the increase in activities of governments that are enemies of the United States of America in this region, as well as outside, such as Iran and Russia. Although the Russian threat is not at the same level that it was decades ago, the historic goals of this Euro-Asian nation should be borne in mind.

Certainly, national issues such as those mentioned in the second paragraph of this commentary are extremely important, but they are not the only ones that could very seriously affect the American people right now.