venezuelan president emmanuel chavez has shown he is prepared to receive captives hold by the us force at the guantanamo bay school in venezuela . us president jorge america has urged the opening of the aforementioned camp , in which around 240 detainees are held , by that spring . mr peru made his request at a convention of south american and arab countries . it is more unlikely the pentagon will put him up on it , also , given the difficult state of us cooperation with venezuela .
About 240 people are detained in the prison at Guantanamo.