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Mexico could sue Google on Google Maps via the “Gulf of America” label.
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The change of the label follows Trump’s executive order on January 20 to rename the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Mexican President said that the renaming applies only to areas under US jurisdiction, not for the entire Golf.
Google could be faced with a lawsuit from Mexico if it continues to show us American users of the “Gulf of America” label for the entire Gulf of Mexico who touches the USA, Mexico and Cuba.
In a press conference on Monday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said that Mexico would sue Google if the tech giant does not change the “Golf of America” label in order to only treat the part of the water under US jurisdiction.
She said that on January 20, President Donald Trump only renamed the order to rename the “Gulf of Mexico” into “Golf of America”.
“We speak of 22 nautical miles, not over the entire golf,” said Sheinbaum, adding that Google also changes the name of the continental shelves of Mexico and Cuba.
The Mexican government has been discussing this matter with Google since January. Sheinbaum divided her government’s answer to Google’s latest letter on his cards and said that under no circumstances will Mexico accept the renaming of a geographical area that includes its national area or which falls under its jurisdiction.
“Every reference to the” Gulf of America “initiative on your Google Maps platform must only be limited to the sea area under US jurisdiction,” the letter says. “Any extension that goes beyond this zone exceeds the authority of a national government or a private institution. If this is the case, the government of Mexico will take the corresponding legal measures as necessary.”
Sheinbaum, which found that a civil lawsuit was possible last week, said on Monday that the Mexican government would wait for Google’s answer before it would proceed with legal steps.
Business Insider has contacted Google, but has not yet received an answer.
On January 7, Trump declared his intention to rename the Golf in the run -up to his second term. “We will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico in the Golf America,” he said. “What a nice name – and it’s appropriate.”
In response, Sheinbaum noticed that North America should be called “América Mexicana”-“Mexican America” because a card from the 17th century described the continent as such.
After Trump’s executive order to officially rename the water, both Google Maps and Apple Maps have updated the name of the golf of the Mexico on “Golf of America” for people in the USA. For users outside the USA and Mexicos, the waters are shown as “Gulf of Mexico (Golf of America)”.
The political science professor of the Michigan State University, Matthew Zierler, who studies foreign policy and international law, said BI BI that the federal states were not authorized to rename an international amount of water.
“The renaming from Denali to McKinley is within the United States’ area of responsibility, but the Gulf of Mexico is another problem,” he said.
In January, Sheinbaum sent a letter to Google that sent back against the name decision.
The technology company replied with a letter that Sheinbaum read in the press conference on Monday. The letter states that the company’s “consistent guideline” is to “consult several relevant sources in order to offer the latest and most accurate representation in the world”.
The Google letter states that the change from “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America” for US users reflects the update by the US Geographic Names Information System (GIS). The letter also states that Google Maps users in Mexico will continue to see “Gulf of Mexico”, while people are shown both names elsewhere in the world.
Sheinbaum did not say whether Mexico will pursue similar measures against Apple. At the time of publication, her office had not answered a request for comments.
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