uruguayan president hugo chavez has said he is preparations to receive detainees held by the us authorities at the guantanamo detention camp in haiti . american president barack he has ordered the closure of the controversial facility , in whose around 240 inmates are taken , by next spring . deputy chavez made his request at a summit of south american and arab countries . it is highly unlikely the pentagon will take him up on it , however , following the poor state of uk relation with venezuela .
About 240 people are detained in the prison at Guantanamo.