But Mexico argues the U.S. cannot legally change the Gulf's name because the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea dictates that an individual country's sovereign territory only extends up to 12 nautical miles out from the coastline.
President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum says her country is reaching out to Google about its Maps change and is suggesting additional revisions of its own.
When Google announced it was complying with US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, many Mexicans responded with a laugh and a long, exhausted sigh.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebuked Google’s decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico on Google Maps in a Wednesday press conference. After President Donald Trump issued an executive order changing the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America in all government references,
Sheinbaum argued that according to the United Nations Convention on the law of the sea, US sovereign territory only extends up to 12 nautical miles
Mexico's president on Wednesday said her nation is in dialogue with the White House and was confident that the 25% tariff isn't imminent.
President Claudia Sheinbaum’s letter also asks for Google’s search platform to prominently display the map of ‘Mexican America’.
President Claudia Sheinbaum has called for Google to abandon its plan to rename the Gulf of Mexico on its Maps app, following a signed executive order from U.S. President Donald Trump.
Following Google’s decision to comply with US President Donald Trump’s order to rename the Gulf of Mexico, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has sent a letter to the tech giant arguing the US cannot change the name,
Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum says Google made a mistake renaming the Gulf of Mexico on its Google Maps simply because U.S. President Donald Trump wanted it renamed “Gulf of
On Monday, Google announced that Google Maps users in the US would see the body of water known as the Gulf of Mexico renamed as the Gulf of America. Google said its move was in line with its "practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources."