The United States and Cuba held talks this week on a U.S. offer of $100 million in assistance, which Washington has dangled as an incentive for reforms, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
Mike Hammer, the acting U.S. ambassador to Havana, met Monday with foreign ministry officials, the State Department official said on condition of anonymity.
“We have been in close coordination with the Cubans. We had a meeting yesterday (Monday) and continue to pursue that proposal aggressively, contrary to some of the lies of the Cuban ministry of foreign affairs,” the official said.
