"It is also important to remember that this is a cynical situation where the Tigers have herded a large number of people - thousands of people - into an enclave and used them as hostages to convince the international community to call for a cease-fire,"

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It's a huge amount of money that they're managing, but I was trying to convince them that they should do something to manage their oil risks because they're way over-invested in oil.

他们管理着一大笔钱，不过我试图说服他们,采取一些措施来应对他们手里石油的风险,因为他们过于侧重在石油上的投资。

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I went to the Bank of Mexico; I tried to convince the-- I met the president of the Bank of Mexico and tried to tell them that Mexico is too reliant on oil, too much oil--they have to get rid of their risk.

我去了墨西哥银行，我试图说服-,我与墨西哥银行的行长见了面,试图告诉他们墨西哥过于依赖石油了，过多的石油。。。他们得设法摆脱石油风险。

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