Fernando Ortiz and Hispano-Cuban scientific relationships, 1900-1940

In the process of establishing science based cultural and scientific relati ons between Spain and Cuba, they played a key role the scientific studies a nd contacts taken up by Fernando Ortiz in Spain with prestigious experts in Anthropology, Criminology, Sociology and History, as well as his conceptio n of culture, science and nation and the continuous contacts with intellect uals who were heir to the principles of the Institucion Libre de Ensenanza and members of the Junta de Ampliacion de Estudios e Investigaciones Cienti ficas. The consolidation of the cultural relations through the creation of the Institucion Hispanocubana de Cultura paved the way for the reception of Spanish intellectual exiles in 1939.