What did Patria ask Pena for (when she visited his office)? Did she get it?

She pleads with him to intercede on behalf of her family in jail. Captain Pena comes to Chea Mirabal's house, but Mama refuses to see him, so it is Patria who must receive him. He brings visiting passes and reports that Nelson might be released with the next round of pardons.

Patria says, "once is the goal was a bad memory in our past, that would be the real revolution we would have to fight: forgive each other for what we had all let come pass." What does she mean

Patria says, "once is the goal was a bad memory in our past, that would be the real revolution we would have to fight: forgive each other for what we had all let come pass." What does she mean