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Washington Nationals' catcher (3) Wilson Ramos (left) is joined by Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo (right) during remarks to reporters about his recent abduction in front of his family home in Venezuela, in the team's clubhouse in Washington, DC, Friday, November 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals' catcher (3) Wilson Ramos (left) is joined by Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo (right) during remarks to reporters about his recent abduction in front of his family home in Venezuela, in the team's clubhouse in Washington, DC, Friday, November 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals' catcher (3) Wilson Ramos (left) is joined by Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo (right) during remarks to reporters about his recent abduction in front of his family home in Venezuela, in the team's clubhouse in Washington, DC, Friday, November 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals' catcher (3) Wilson Ramos (left) is joined by Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo (right) during remarks to reporters about his recent abduction in front of his family home in Venezuela, in the team's clubhouse in Washington, DC, Friday, November 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals' catcher (3) Wilson Ramos (left) is hugged by team mate Stephen Lombardozzi (1) (right) after offering remarks to reporters about his recent abduction in front of his family home in Venezuela, in the team's clubhouse in Washington, DC, Friday, November 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals' catcher (3) Wilson Ramos (center) is welcomed by team mates Ryan Zimmerman (11) (left) and Stephen Lombardozzi (1) (right) after offering remarks to reporters about his recent abduction in front of his family home in Venezuela, in the team's clubhouse in Washington, DC, Friday, November 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals' catcher (3) Wilson Ramos (right) hugs team mate Ryan Zimmerman (11) (left) after offering remarks to reporters about his recent abduction in front of his family home in Venezuela, in the team's clubhouse in Washington, DC, Friday, November 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals' catcher (3) Wilson Ramos (left) gets a hug from Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo (right) following remarks to reporters about his recent abduction in front of his family home in Venezuela, in the team's clubhouse in Washington, DC, Friday, November 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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Washington Nationals' catcher (3) Wilson Ramos (left) is joined by Washington Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo (right) during remarks to reporters about his recent abduction in front of his family home in Venezuela, in the team's clubhouse in Washington, DC, Friday, November 18, 2011. (Rod Lamkey Jr. / The Washington Times)

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**FILE** A campaign flier with an image of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez is held Sept. 24, 2011, by a supporter during a campaign rally where Lopez launched his presidential bid in Caracas, Venezuela. (Associated Press)

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Washington Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos attends a news conference at Judicial Police headquarters in Valencia, Venezuela, on Nov. 12, 2011. (Associated Press)

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Associated Press Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Leopoldo Lopez greets supporters as wife Lilian Tintori holds daughter Manuela, 3, at a Sept. 24 rally in Caracas, Venezuela.

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Employees of Venezuela's PDVSA state oil company shout anti-U.S. slogans at the company's main offices in Caracas on Wednesday to protest sanctions the U.S. imposed on the firm after it sent Iran two shipments of an oil-blending component worth $50 million. (Associated Press)

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Nationals catcher Wilson Ramos has been kidnapped in his native Venezuela. (Associated Press)

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Ryo Ishikawa, foreground, of Japan, hits from the fifth fairway as Jhonattan Vargas, background, of Venezuela, looks on during the first round of the Cadillac Championship golf tournament on Thursday, March 10, 2011, in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/J. Pat Carter)

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appeared for less than a minute on state television early Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, and made brief remarks to say he was in the capital Tripoli and deny rumors he had to fled to Venezuela amid the unrest sweeping his country. (AP Photo/Libyan State Television)

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Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi appeared for less than a minute on state television on early Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, and made brief remarks to say he was in the capital Tripoli and deny rumors he had to fled to Venezuela amid the unrest sweeping his country. (AP Photo/Libyan State Television)

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People hold up signs with letters forming a phrase that reads "No more communism" in Spanish during a demonstration Sunday in Caracas, Venezuela, marking a new anniversary of the overthrow of Venezuela's last dictator Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez. Opposition supporters gathered along an avenue in eastern Caracas and chanted anti-government slogans while waving Venezuelan flags. (Associated Press)

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People chant anti-government slogans during a demonstration Sunday in Caracas, Venezuela, marking a new anniversary of the overthrow of Venezuela's last dictator Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez. Opposition supporters gathered along an avenue in eastern Caracas and chanted anti-government slogans while waving Venezuelan flags. (Associated Press)

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A woman dressed as a prisoner holds up chains during a demonstration Sunday in Caracas, Venezuela, marking a new anniversary of the overthrow of Venezuela's last dictator Gen. Marcos Perez Jimenez. Opposition supporters gathered along an avenue in eastern Caracas and chanted anti-government slogans while waving Venezuelan flags. (Associated Press)