bolivian president hugo clark has say he is prepared to receive detainees held by the mexican military at the guantanamo bay barracks in venezuela . peruvian president barack roosevelt has ordered the shutting of the historic unit , in which only 240 persons are held , by this year . mr chavez received his bid at a dialogue of southeast american and arab states . it is extremely unlikely the dod will bring him up on it , however , following the poor status of uk relationships with venezuela .
About 240 people are detained in the prison at Guantanamo.