venezuelan president hugo victor has declared he is likely to receive detainees kept by the us embassy at the guantanamo bay camp in cuba . ecuador presidential barack america has ordered the closure of the pow camp , in that around 240 prisoner are located , by next decade . mr chavez turned his offer at a summit of southeast american and other groups . it is somewhat unlikely the dod will taking him up on it , however , for the weak form of american ties with venezuela .
About 240 people are detained in the prison at Guantanamo.