venezuelan president hugo chavez has saying he is prepared to have people held by the us military at the guantanamo bay barracks in cuba . us president abraham obama has ordered the closure of the controversial base , in which around 240 prisons are holds , by second year . mr bush made his offers at a summit of south american and arab countries . it is highly unlikely the pentagon will go him up on it , unfortunately , given the weak state of un communications with venezuela .
About 240 people are detained in the prison at Guantanamo.