Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has threatened to sue Google after the tech company changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps. President Trump signed an executive order declaring the name change.
Mexico will take Google to court if maps shown to US-based users continue to label the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America across the entire body of water, President Claudia Sheinbaum said Monday, arguing that US President Donald Trump’s order to rename it only applies to the part of the continental shelf under US control.
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s president, awaits a response from Google to change the name back to Gulf of Mexico, or she will sue On Feb.11, Apple Maps changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Mexico said Monday it's awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of Mexico to its Google Maps.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the label should only include the waters under US jurisdiction, not the entire gulf.
Mexico said Monday it’s awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of Mexico to its Google Maps service before filing a lawsuit. President Claudia Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to her government from Cris Turner,
Mexico said Monday it’s awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of Mexico to its Google Maps service before filing a lawsuit. President Claudia Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to her government from Cris Turner,
Sheinbaum said the renaming is "incorrect," adding that Trump's decree "only changed the name within his own continental shelf