Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum mentioned Thursday her authorities was deciding whether or not to provoke a lawsuit in opposition to Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps.
“We’re going to wait. We’re already seeing, observing what this is able to imply from the angle of authorized recommendation, however we hope that they are going to make a revision,” Sheinbaum mentioned, in keeping with Reuters.
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President Claudia Sheinbaum and President Donald Trump (Getty Photographs)
Google renamed the physique of water after President Donald Trump signed an government order to vary it. Now, Google Maps customers in the USA will see “Gulf of America” within the app, and customers outdoors the U.S. and Mexico see each phrases, the corporate mentioned.
“We will be altering the identify of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, which has a ravishing ring. That covers quite a lot of territory,” Trump mentioned Tuesday. “The Gulf of America. What a ravishing identify. And it is acceptable.”
Sheinbaum has decried the transfer, saying the Gulf of Mexico identify has lengthy been acknowledged internationally.
“All we’re asking of Google is to take a look at the decree that the White Home launched and that President Donald Trump signed. You’ll see in that decree that it doesn’t discuss with the entire gulf,” Sheinbaum mentioned.
Google Maps has begun referring to the Gulf of Mexico because the Gulf of America. (AP/Google Maps)
“If mandatory, we are going to file a civil go well with,” she added. “Our authorized space is already trying into what that may imply, however we hope that (Google) reconsiders.”
Except for Google, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) despatched out a charting discover confirming that its techniques had been within the means of updating the identify, along with updating the newly named Mount McKinley in Alaska, previously generally known as Denali.
President Donald Trump, proper, speaks to reporters accompanied by Inside Secretary Doug Burgum and Burgum’s spouse, Kathryn Burgum, aboard Air Drive One, the place Trump signed a proclamation declaring Feb. 9 Gulf of America Day as he travels from West Palm Seaside, Fla., to New Orleans Sunday, Feb. 9, 2025. (AP Picture/Ben Curtis)
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“Please be suggested that the FAA is within the means of updating our knowledge and charts to point out a reputation change from the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America and a reputation change from Denali to Mount McKinley. This can be focused for the following publication cycle,” the discover mentioned.