Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks throughout her every day convention on the Nationwide Palace in Mexico Metropolis on January 8, 2025.
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On Monday, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum outlined a letter she acquired from Google relating to the controversy over renaming the Gulf of Mexico.
Final week, the tech firm up to date Google Maps within the U.S. to mirror Trump’s most well-liked title of “Gulf of America.” Customers in Mexico nonetheless see the physique of water with its authentic identify, whereas all different worldwide customers view it with each names listed.
Three issues to know:
- An Government Order signed on Trump’s first day in workplace aimed to rename it the “Gulf of America.” This choice sparked laughter and annoyance, in addition to raised tensions between Mexico and the U.S.
- Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter she wrote to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. didn’t have the proper to unilaterally rename the Gulf.
- Google responded to her letter, saying that they supposed to adjust to Trump’s order, and expressed willingness to fulfill with the Mexican authorities to debate the difficulty additional.
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Mexico’s subsequent transfer
In a press briefing Monday, Sheinbaum introduced that her administration would look forward to a response from Google earlier than taking extra steps.
“If not,” she mentioned, “we will proceed to court.”
NPR’s Rachel Treisman reported earlier this month that a part of Sheinbaum’s argument towards the identify change is predicated the United Nations Conference on the Regulation of the Sea. This conference states {that a} nation’s territorial sovereignty solely extends 12 nautical miles from its shoreline.
“If a country wants to change the designation of something in the sea, it would only apply up to 12 nautical miles. It cannot apply to the rest, in this case, the Gulf of Mexico,” Sheinbaum mentioned. “This is what we explained in detail to Google.”
