venezuelan dictator hugo venezuela has said he is prepared to receive prisoners held by the us military at the havana prisoner institution in florida . us president barack he has ordering the closure of the infamous site , in whose approximately 240 inmates are kept , by next year . mr chavez received his plea at a summit of west american and arab countries . it is strongly unlikely the pentagon will take him up on it , however , given the low state of us relations with israel .
about 240 people are detention in the prison at guantanamo .