Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado won the Nobel Peace Prize last Friday. But in Miami on Monday, other Latin American exile groups, especially Cubans, hailed her award, too — and the big part they took in helping her get it.

At the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora, Cuban exile leaders paid tribute to Machado, whom they played a large role in nominating for the Nobel.

Along with the presidents of Miami Dade College, Florida International University and St. Thomas University, Cuban-American politicos like Secretary of State Marco Rubio pushed hard for Machado in the wake of last year's Venezuelan presidential election.

Venezuelan Dictator-President Nicolás Maduro had barred the popular Machado from running against him in that contest. Even so, the Machado-led oppositi

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