How sad. At the much-awaited Democratic presidential debates Wednesday and Thursday, none of the five moderators or any of the 20 presidential hopefuls mentioned the biggest humanitarian and refugee crisis in the Western Hemisphere: Venezuela.
They didn’t mention it even in passing, despite the fact that the debates were taking place in Miami. Tens of thousands of Venezuelan exiles have settled in Miami over the past few years, fleeing their country’s dictatorship. You can hardly take an Uber in this city without finding out that the driver is a Venezuelan exile.
And yet, none of the five NBC debate moderators — all of them excellent journalists — asked a question about Venezuela or inserted the issue into a larger question. And none of the presidential hopefuls referred to the Venezuelan crisis when they were allowed to spend significant time talking about immigration and foreign policy.
