MEXICO CITY: President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico on Friday said her govt had sued Google over the company’s decision to label the Gulf of Mexico as “Gulf of America” – a spat going back to Feb, when President Donald Trump issued an executive order to rename the gulf.
The order prompted some local govts and lawmakers in the US to embrace the use of the name on official documents. It also caused Google to implement the change on its maps. Users in the United States would see the body of water with the new name while people in Mexico would continue seeing Gulf of Mexico, the company announced in a statement. The rest of the world would see both names.
Sheinbaum did not say when or where exactly her administration brought the lawsuit against Google. Her legal office said the suit was filed in a Mexican court in March.
The order prompted some local govts and lawmakers in the US to embrace the use of the name on official documents. It also caused Google to implement the change on its maps. Users in the United States would see the body of water with the new name while people in Mexico would continue seeing Gulf of Mexico, the company announced in a statement. The rest of the world would see both names.
Sheinbaum did not say when or where exactly her administration brought the lawsuit against Google. Her legal office said the suit was filed in a Mexican court in March.