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And over the next 18 months, they together passed an incredibly comprehensive set of reforms.
接下來的18個月，他們一起通過了一系列令人難以置信的全面的改革方案
They busted open Mexico's smothering monopolies.
他們破除了墨西哥令人窒息的壟斷
They liberalized its rusting energy sector.
他們放寬了對已經生銹的能源領域的限制。
They restructured its failing schools, and much more.
他們重整了那些不合格的學校等等。
To appreciate the scale of this accomplishment,
要想領會這些成就的份量
try to imagine the US Congress passing immigration reform, campaign finance reform and banking reform.
那么試著去想像一下美國國會通過移民改革方案、競選經費改革以及銀行改革方案
Now, try to imagine Congress doing it all at the same time. That's what Mexico did.
現在，再想像一下國會同時討論并通過這三個方案。這就是墨西哥所做到的
Not long ago, I met with Pena and asked how he managed it all.
不久前，我見到了培尼亞并問他是如何做到的。
The President flashed me his famous twinkly smile --
這位總統用他那有名的微笑回應了我
and told me that the short answer was "compromiso," compromise.
并且跟我說簡單地回答，是妥協。
Of course, I pushed him for details,
當然，我追問了細節
and the long answer that came out was essentially "compromise, compromise and more compromise."
然后長一點的答案基本上就是妥協、妥協、更多的妥協
See, Pena knew that he needed to build trust early,
培尼亞知道他需要盡早建立起信任
so he started talking to the opposition just days after his election.
所以當選幾天后他就開始與反對派對話。
To ward off pressure from special interests, he kept their meetings small and secret,
為了避免來自特殊利益集團的壓力，他們舉行小型和秘密的會談
and many of the participants later told me that it was this intimacy,
許多參會者后來告訴我這些會談顯得很親密
plus a lot of shared tequila, that helped build confidence.
再加上大家共享了很多龍舌蘭酒，使得大家都建立起了信心。
So did the fact that all decisions had to be unanimous,
事實上所有的決定都要達成一致意見
and that Pena even agreed to pass some of the other party's priorities before his own.
培亞尼甚至同意讓一些其它政黨想要優先達成的議案先于自己的議案通過
As Santiago Creel, an opposition senator, put it to me,
正如反對派議會圣地亞哥·克里爾所說
"Look, I'm not saying that I'm special or that anyone is special, but that group, that was special."
“我不是說我很特別或者其他作何人很特別，而是這個團隊很特別。”
