Tensions between the longtime Cold War rivals have hit a new low in recent days after the US indicted the country's 94-year-old former president Raúl Castro.

The United States and Cuba held talks this week on a US offer of $100 million in assistance, which Washington has dangled as an incentive for reforms, a US official said Tuesday.

The U.S. discussed a $100 million aid offer to Cuba, aimed at supporting reforms through charities, not the government.

Havana acusa Marco Rubio de mentir de maneira inescrupulosa; ajuda será distribuída por Igreja ou ONGs