Mexico Sues Google For Changing 'gulf Of Mexico' To 'gulf Of America' After Trump's Order

Mexico has revenge a lawsuit against Google aft it changed nan explanation for nan Gulf of Mexico to nan Gulf of America connected its maps level to lucifer U.S. President Donald Trump's executive bid to amend nan sanction of nan assemblage of water, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced Friday.

Sheinbaum said astatine a property briefing that nan suit had been revenge against nan tech giant, without providing further details.

The suit comes aft Sheinbaum threatened successful February to writer Google for nan sanction change.

MEXICAN PRESIDENT SIGNALS POSSIBLE LAWSUIT AGAINST GOOGLE OVER GULF OF AMERICA NAME CHANGE

Mexico has revenge a suit against Google aft it changed nan explanation for nan Gulf of Mexico to nan Gulf of America connected its maps platform. (AP/Fernando Llano)

"We are going to wait. We are already seeing, watching what this would mean from nan position of ineligible advice, but we dream that they will make a revision," Sheinbaum said astatine nan time.

Mexico’s Foreign Relations Ministry has besides antecedently sent letters to Google urging it not to relabel nan oceanic basin arsenic nan Gulf of America.

Trump signed an order connected his first time backmost successful nan White House successful January to rename nan bluish portion of nan gulf to nan Gulf of America. The assemblage of h2o has shared borders betwixt nan United States and Mexico, and Trump’s bid only carries authority wrong nan U.S.

Trump signed an bid connected his first time backmost successful nan White House successful January to rename nan bluish portion of nan gulf to nan Gulf of America. (Daniel Torok/Chief White House Photographer)

Mexico has based on that nan Gulf of America explanation should only use to nan portion complete nan U.S. continental shelf. The U.S. has power complete astir 46% of nan gulf, Mexico controls astir 49% and Cuba controls astir 5%, according to Sovereign Limits, a database of world boundaries.

"What Google is doing present is changing nan sanction of nan continental support of Mexico and Cuba, which has thing to do pinch Trump’s decree, which applied only to nan U.S. continental shelf," Sheinbaum said successful February.

The gulf appears successful Google Maps arsenic nan Gulf of America wrong nan U.S., arsenic nan Gulf of Mexico wrong Mexico and Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) everyplace else. It had been called nan Gulf of Mexico for much than 400 years.

GOOGLE MAPS, FAA OFFICIALY ACKNOWLEDGE GULF OF AMERICA AFTER TRUMP DECLARATION: ‘ISN’T IT BEAUTIFUL?'

Google Maps began utilizing Gulf of America for users successful nan U.S. soon aft Trump's order. (AP/Google Maps)

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Google Maps began utilizing Gulf of America for users successful nan U.S. soon aft Trump's order, citing its "longstanding practice" of pursuing nan U.S. government’s lead connected these matters. In cases wherever charismatic names alteration betwixt countries, Google’s argumentation says users will spot their charismatic section names.

In February, nan Mexican president shared a consequence from Google's vice president of authorities affairs and nationalist policy, Cris Turner, who said nan institution would not alteration its argumentation aft Trump's order.

Sheinbaum’s announcement of nan suit comes aft House Republicans passed nan Gulf of America Act successful a 211-206 vote, marking nan first measurement successful codifying Trump's order. The authorities now heads to nan Senate.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report.