Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
Mexican President Threatens to Sue Google Over 'Gulf of America' Label on Maps.
Mexican President urges Google to reconsider renaming the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' on its maps feature at Trump's demand, and threatens legal action.
The president of Mexico on Thursday expressed hope that Google "reconsiders" its decision to change its online maps to reflect U.S. President Donald Trump's claim that he has the authority to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.
Shortly after taking office, Trump issued an executive order announcing he was changing the name of the body of water to the Gulf of America.
For U.S. users of Google Maps, the gulf was listed as the Gulf of America as of Thursday. Google, whose CEO attended Trump's inauguration along with other tech moguls, said last month it has "a long-standing practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources."
But Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum warned Thursday that her government "will file a civil suit" against Google if it does not revert back to labeling the international body of water the Gulf of Mexico.
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It is labeled Gulf of Mexico in Mexico and the name doesn't mean they own it. This is almost as ridiculous as calling it Gulf of America in the first place
I'm in tijuana about 10 miles south of the border and it shows as Gulf of America
You're probably connected to a US access point or have cached map data.
https://blog.google/products/maps/united-states-geographic-name-change-feb-2025/
Maybe. I'm on wifi provided by a Mexican telecom. It's probably my US sim. The comment i replied to said "it shows as this in mexico" and my point was, no, not for everyone. I'm not interested enough to try to nail down the exact reason.
If it's in english and it shows up like that then it's most likely because you have your language set to english (USA).
Ok?
This is what I see in England. Why should I have to see what Trump thinks the Gulf's name is when it wasn't renamed here?
Because it's relevant to the region you're looking at and I'm pretty sure the UK hasn't taken a firm/legal stance either way. Also not sure how your comment is supposed to relate to my point? Mexico doesn't have any more right to tell other countries what to call the Gulf than the US or any other country that's totally outside of any sane jurisdiction
There is an international maritime treaty that has taken a firm legal stance. Trump is defying it.
Can you site something for what you're talking about?
That's just a list of conventions? I could have looked that up. You're talking about a specific one right?