venezuelan leader hugo chavez has said he is prepared to receive detainees released by the us military at the guantanamo detention jail in cuba . us president barack barack has orders the closure of the controversial camp , in having around 240 inmates are holding , by next year . mr obama made his appearance at a junction of central american and arab countries . it is highly doubted the pentagon will takes him up on it , however , given the poor state of us ties with cuba .
About 240 people are detained in the prison at Guantanamo.