Venezuela offers to accept Guantanamo prisoners

September 16th, 2009 Hungary to accept 1 Guantanamo detaineeBUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's prime minister says his country will accept one prisoner from the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military detention center that President Barack Obama has pledged to close.

September 8th, 2009 Spain close to announcing Gitmo decisionMADRID — The Spanish government said Tuesday it was close to deciding how many Guantanamo detainees it will accept from the U.S. military detention center on the southeastern tip of Cuba.

June 21st, 2009 Portugal to take 2 or 3 Guantanamo detaineesLISBON, Portugal — Portugal will take in two or three Guantanamo detainees once they are released by the U.S. detention center, the foreign minister said.

June 19th, 2009 Bermuda premier won't resign over Gitmo fightHAMILTON, Bermuda — Bermuda Premier Ewart Brown said Thursday he expects to weather a looming no-confidence vote over his decision to accept four Guantanamo prisoners as refugees in the British territory. Brown said his opponents viewed him as "somewhat vulnerable," but he still has the support of his Progressive Labor Party, which holds an eight-seat margin in the British territory's Parliament.

June 17th, 2009 US asks Spain's help to close GuantanamoMADRID — The United States has asked Spain to accept four prisoners from the Guantanamo Bay prison for terrorism suspects, the foreign minister said Wednesday. Miguel Angel Moratinos said Spain will respond when it has studied the legal consequences of taking them in and the circumstances of those four people.

June 17th, 2009 US official in Spain for Guantanamo talksMADRID — The U.S. government's point man for closing the Guantanamo Bay military prison was in Spain for talks Wednesday, part of a behind-the-scenes European tour as the Obama administration ramps up efforts to transfer detainees.

June 15th, 2009 Italy open to taking 3 Guantanamo detaineesWASHINGTON — Italy says it is open to taking at least three detainees from Guantanamo. An aide to Premier Silvio Berlusconi said Monday the topic will likely come up during the Italian leader's meeting with President Barack Obama at the White House later in the day.

May 6th, 2009 PARIS - France has agreed to offer residency to a former prisoner in the controversial US maximum-security prison in Guantanamo, French media reported Wednesday. The website of the weekly Le Point identified the man as 42-year-old Lakhdar Boumediene, an Algerian native who was arrested in 2001 in Bosnia and charged with planning a terrorist attack on the US embassy in Sarajevo.

May 6th, 2009 France says it will take Algerian from GuantanamoPARIS — France says it will take in an Algerian who has been held prisoner by the United States at Guantanamo Bay for the past seven years. Lakhdar Boumediene was arrested along with five other Algerians in 2001 in Bosnia, suspected in a bomb attack plot against the U.S.

May 3rd, 2009 US asks Germany to take Gitmo prisonersBERLIN — The United States has asked Germany to accept some Guantanamo prisoners when the facility is closed, the Interior Ministry said Sunday, confirming German media reports. An Interior Ministry spokesman, speaking on condition of anonymity in line with the ministry's policy, confirmed a report in Der Spiegel magazine that the U.S.

January 23rd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Saturday welcomed the US administration's decision to close down the Guantanamo Bay detention centre. 'Pakistan is confident that the new US administration will develop a holistic strategy in successfully overcoming the complex challenges confronting the world today,' the Pakistani foreign office said in a statement.

January 20th, 2009 MADRID - Spain Wednesday offered to help US President Barack Obama in closing the prison camp in Guantanamo in Cuba. Spain would, however, first want to be informed in detail about the legal situation of each of the Guantanamo inmates, Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos told the Punto Radio.

January 1st, 2009 CANBERRA - Australian acting Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Friday that her government can accept some of the terror suspects held at the US military prison in Guantanamo Bay on condition of a rigorous assessment process. In a statement, Gillard said Australia, along with a number of other countries, had been approached to consider resettling detainees from Guantanamo Bay.

December 26th, 2008 MADRID - Spain has refused to accept any inmate from the Guantánamo prison, saying that would create serious legal problems. In a press conference here, Spanish President Luis Rodriguez Zapatero said Friday 'his government was neither requested to receive any inmates not it has plans' to accept them as that would result in unnecessary legal problems.

December 25th, 2008 PARIS - France Friday called for a common European Union (EU) policy to deal with prisoners currently held in the US prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after the camp is closed as planned by president-elect Barack Obama in 2009. The French foreign ministry said here in a statement that the government welcomed Obama's plan to close the prison, where suspected terrorists are held, but there had to be a common European policy on any prisoners being relocated to Europe.