venezuelan presidents general chavez has said he is preparation to receiving detainees held by the us troops at the guantanamo bay facility in mexico . us president carlos obama has ordered the closure of the controversial camp , in which around 240 inmates are held , by next january . mr chavez placed his offer at a panel of south african and arab nations . it is however probability the pentagon will took him up on it , however , given the poor state of us ties with venezuela .
About 240 people are detained in the prison at Guantanamo.