Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum had warned Google that it would act if the firm maintained its position.Keystone
Mexico continues Google for changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for users of the Google Maps application in the United States.
09.05.2025, 22:4509.05.2025, 22:45
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“The complaint has already been filed,” said Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum during her morning press conference, without specifying the date or jurisdiction, about Google. The Californian tech company has changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico.
As of January 20, the first day of his return to the White House, the American president had signed a decree changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America”. Google’s ultra-dominant mapping service now displays “Gulf of America” in the south-east of the United States, on the sea framed by Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico and Cuba, for users located in the United States.
The House of Representatives adopted a text on Thursday to formalize this name change and thus give the law to this decree.
“Not authority” to rename the whole Gulf
The Mexican Government of the nationalist left argues that Donald Trump’s decree only applies to the part of the continental plateau belonging to the United States. Claudia Sheinbaum had warned in February Google, a subsidiary of Alphabet, that she was considering legal action unless the technological giant returns to its decision.
“All we want is that the decree issued by the American government is respected,” said Claudia Sheinbaum. “The American government only calls the portion of the American continental plateau on the Gulf of America, not the entire Gulf, because it would not have the authority to appoint the entire Gulf,” she added.
Claudia Sheinbaum had in return suggested to rename the United States “Mexican America”, referring to a geographic map before 1848, when third of Mexico had been sold to the United States by the Guadalupe Treaty.
Mexico is also on the front line of commercial wars launched by Donald Trump against the trade partners of the United States, destination of more than 80% of Mexican exports.
(SDA/ATS/AFP)
