Mexico threatens to complain against Google due to golf names on US cards

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Mexico will proceed against Google if the term "Gulf of America" ​​for the Gulf of Mexico is still maintained on Google Maps for US users. This was announced by President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday. She argued that the command of US President Donald Trump applies only to the part of the continental base that is under US control.

controversial renaming by Google

"What Google does here is to change the name of the continental base of Mexico and Cuba, which has nothing to do with Trump's decree that only applied to the US continental base," Sheinbaum told journalists. "We are not agreed and the Foreign Minister sent a new letter on this topic."

response from Google to criticism

Sheinbaum described the renaming as "wrong" and added that Trump's decree "only changed the name within his own continental base, which extends 22 nautical miles from the US coast-not over the entire golf." Last week, Google renamed the Gulf of Mexico for US users on Google Maps to the Gulf of America, with reference to "a longstanding practice to make changes to names if they were updated in official government sources." Users in Mexico continue to see the waters as a Gulf of Mexico, while all other countries are displayed both names.

possible legal steps

Sheinbaum had already threatened with legal steps last week and explained that a lawsuit was considered if the technology giant did not correct, which it described as a "incorrect name". CNN asked Google to comment.

Latest information about Google's position

During the press conference on Monday, Google read a answer from Google to a letter " in January sent the company , in which the company's decision to rename the area was contested. In the letter from Google it was again emphasized: "As we announced two weeks ago and in accordance with our product guidelines, we have started to introduce changes in Google Maps. We would like to confirm that users in Mexico will continue to see 'Golf of Mexico'."

"Users in the USA will see 'Gulf of America'. Everyone else sees both names," added the letter.

episodes for Mexico

Sheinbaum mentioned that Mexico is now sending a new letter to Google, in which it says: "Every mention of the 'Gulf of America' initiative on your Google Maps platform must be strictly limited to the maritime area under US Jurisdiction."

"An expansion beyond this area exceeds the powers of every national government or private entity. If this is the case, the government of Mexico will initiate the corresponding legal steps that are considered necessary," she added. Sheinbaum emphasized that Mexico would wait for Google's answer before legal action is taken.