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From Fox News: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Thursday her government was deciding whether to initiate a lawsuit against Google for renaming the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps.
“We are going to wait. We are already seeing, observing what this would mean from the perspective of legal advice, but we hope that they will make a revision,” Sheinbaum said, according to Reuters.
Google renamed the body of water after President Donald Trump signed an executive order to change it. Now, Google Maps users in the United States will see “Gulf of America” in the app, and users outside the U.S. and Mexico see both terms, the company said.
“All we are asking of Google is to look at the decree that the White House released and that President Donald Trump signed. You’ll see in that decree that it does not refer to the whole gulf,” Sheinbaum complained.
She then threatened, “If necessary, we will file a civil suit. Our legal area is already looking into what that would mean, but we hope that (Google) reconsiders.”
“It is important that information companies review the United States government decree and international regulations on the name of the Gulf of Mexico,” Sheinbaum demanded.
Es importante que las empresas dedicadas a la información revisen el decreto del gobierno de Estados Unidos y las normas internacionales sobre el nombre del golfo de México. pic.twitter.com/gdvTH9GNek
— Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo (@Claudiashein) February 14, 2025
Mexican president signals possible lawsuit against Google over Gulf of America name change https://t.co/Vzr63dtRCX
— Fox News (@FoxNews) February 13, 2025
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