Havana - President Raul Castro congratulated the members of the National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) on occasion of the 55th anniversary of the organization, main media stress here today.

Paris - The book ''Fidel Castro, heroe de los desheredados,'' the latest volume by intellectual Salim Lamrani, will be launched in France during the traditional Feast of L''Humanite in September, the author reported.

Havana - Intelligentsia in Cuba is celebrating today the 55th anniversary of the National Association of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) founded by a group of important figures.

Artists such as Jose Baragaño, Lisandro Otero, Roberto Fernandez Retamar, Jose Lezama Lima, Argeliers Leon, Juan Blanco, Pablo Armando Fernandez, Alejo Carpentier, Harold Gramatges, Fayad Jamis and Luis Martinez Pedro, gave life to this institution.

Venezuelan folk musicians gave a concert at Havana’s Karl Marx Theater on Sunday to mark the 90th birthday of Revolution leader Fidel Castro.

El acompañante, by Cuban director Pavel Giroud, was selected to represent Cuban cinema in the Oscar and Goya awards, given by the film academies of the U.S. and Spain, respectively.

Havana- Prima ballerina Viengsay Valdes will represent the National Ballet of Cuba (BNC) in several performances scheduled from August 16th to 30th in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia, she said today here.