Google Maps Adopted ‘Gulf of America’ Name, and Now Mexico Has Some Suggestions
Sheinbaum made the case that Google should not bend to “the mandate of a country” attempting to change the name of an international sea. “For us it is still the Gulf of Mexico, and for the entire world it is still the Gulf of Mexico,” she said.
Mexico asks Google to reject U.S. renaming of the Gulf of Mexico
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum wrote a letter asking Google to reject the U.S. decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on its mapping service. The president of Mexico read the letter during her daily news briefing discussing Google's decision to follow "the mandate of a country" to change the name of "an international sea" and jokingly suggested Mexico might ask Google to add "Mexican America.
Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S.
Today's exhibit A is US President Donald Trump's idea that the Gulf of Mexico, an enormous body of water that borders Cuba, ...
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