Overheard: ¨La Gringa¨

When Hillary Clinton visited Mexico City this week she stayed in the, currently unoccupied, US Ambassador´s mansion on Paseo de La Reforma. The security was so overwhelming that people driving home from work moved at a crawl, adding an hour or more to their commute. Later, Reforma heading east toward the city Centro, was closed altogether. A friend, as he was being diverted from Reforma to the much less pleasant artery, Constituyentes, leaned out his car window to ask a cop what was happening. The cop made a desultory jab over his shoulder with his thumb, pointing down the road: ¨Es por La Gringa, jefe.¨ It is because of The Gringa, boss. In other word, Hillary.