What Went Down At The Univision Democratic Debate

On a recent trip to Cuba, I found that people over 35 generally did not want to speak to me, and my translator warned me they were afraid of the government. Cuba has a famously complex two-currency system, as well as a hard-to-quantify economy that relies in part on cash payments by tourists and remittances from relatives abroad. Obama is gearing up to visit the nation in two weeks, and many American companies are planning to invest.

I find it perplexing that Sanders hasn’t brought up trade more in tonight’s debate. While we don’t know definitively that his hammering of Clinton on NAFTA and other trade deals helped him win Michigan, it’s possible it did. With the Ohio primary coming up next Tuesday — and its 159 delegates at stake — it seems tactically smart to bring up the issue again.

Lifting the Cuban embargo would be quite popular among Democrats and Latinos. According to a September Marist survey, 78 percent of Democrats and 70 percent of Latinos support it.