Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that her government decided to initiate a lawsuit against Google to rename the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps.
“We’re going to wait. We are already seeing and observing what this would mean from the perspective of legal advice, but we hope they will make a revision,” said Sheinbaum, said Reuters.
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President Claudia Sheinbaum and President Donald Trump (Getty Images)
Google renamed The water body after President Donald Trump had signed an executive order to change it. Google Maps Maps users in the United States will now see “Gulf of America” ​​in the app, and users outside the US and Mexico see both conditions, the company said.
“We are going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico in the Gulf of America, which has a beautiful ring. That covers a lot of territory,” Trump said Tuesday. “The wave of America. What a beautiful name. And it is appropriate.”
Sheinbaum has shared the move and says that the name of the Gulf of Mexico has long been recognized internationally.
“All we ask from Google is to look at the decree that the White house Related and that President Donald Trump signed. In that decision you will see that it does not refer to the entire wave, “said Sheinbaum.
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Google Maps started referring to the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America. (AP/Google Maps)
“If necessary, we will submit a civil suit,” she added. “Our legal area has already been investigated what that would mean, but we hope that (Google) reconsider.”
Apart from Google, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) sent a charts that confirmed that his systems were busy updating the name, in addition to updating the newly mentioned Mount McKinley in Alaska, previously known as Denali.
President Donald Trump, right, speaks to reporters, accompanied by interior secretary Doug Burgum and the wife of Burgum, Kathryn Burgum, on board Air Force One, where Trump signed a proclamation that declared February 9 from America Day while he travels from West Palm Beach, Fla. , to New Orleans Sunday, February 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
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“Keep in mind that the FAA is busy updating our data and graphs to change the name of the Mexico wave To the Gulf of America and a name change from Denali to Mount McKinley. This will be aimed at the next publication cycle, “said the notification.
