venezuelan president hugo chavez has said he is prepared to receive detainees held by the us military at the guantanamo confinement camp in cuba . us leader barack israel has ordered the reconstruction of the illegal camp , in which some 240 inmates are housed , by next year . mr chavez makes his offer at a merger of south american and arab countries . it is somewhat likely the pentagon will take him up on it , but , after the poor state of us contacts with venezuela .
About 240 people are detained in the prison at Guantanamo.