Mexico says the US can't legally rename the Gulf of Mexico and that Google shouldn't comply with the change on Maps.
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum sent a letter to Google contesting the tech giant’s decision to comply with US President Donald Trump’s order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said Google is wrong to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico on its Google Maps platform after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the body of water be renamed the "Gulf of America.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has condemned Google's decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as "Gulf of America.”
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebuked Google’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps in a Wednesday press conference. After President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in all government references,
Sheinbaum argued that according to the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea, US sovereign territory only extends up to 12 nautical miles
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum criticized Google Maps for renaming the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' for U.S. users. She argues the U.S. cannot unilaterally change the name, as it shares the Gulf with Cuba and Mexico.
President Claudia Sheinbaum attacks Google for caving into Trump’s meglomaniacal move to change the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf of America
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has formally urged Google to reconsider renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," criticizing the move as lacking legal authority and mocking it by suggesting Mexico could request "Mexican America" on the map.
The controversy follows Google's announcement that it would rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps for US users.
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s letter also asks for Google’s search platform to prominently display the map of ‘Mexican America’.