venezuelan politician hugo ou has said he is eager to handle detainees held by the us military at the castro confinement garrison in cuba . us president barack obama has ordered the closure of the controversial camp , in which ca 240 defendants are held , by future year . deputy bush makes his offer at a dialogue of the asian and european countries . it is highly unlikely the pentagon will back him up on it , however , given the bad state of us links with venezuela .
About 240 people are detained in the prison at Guantanamo.