EL HOGAR AMERICANO EN MADRID. UNA INSTITUCIÓN DE CORTA VIDA CON TRAYECTORIA INTERNACIONAL.

María Edilia Valero, a Venezuelan writer, arrived in Madrid at the end of the 1920s with the purpose of creating a Hispanic-American cultural center that encompassed multiple scope of action. This research paper approaches the institution she created, its foundation and directions, its statutes and activities during the years it was active in Spain and its closure with the declaration of the Spanish civil war. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]