venezuelan president hugo chavez has revealed he is prepared to receive detainees held by the venezuela military at the winston confinement camp in cuba . us president barack president has ordered the closure of the controversial camp , in wherein around 240 inmates are held , by later year . mr chavez made his announcement at a conference of south american and arab countries . it is not unlikely the pentagon will give him up on it , anyway , given the poor state of us ties with venezuela .
About 240 people are detained in the prison at Guantanamo.