Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum speaks throughout her day by 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 obtained 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 popular title of “Gulf of America.” Customers in Mexico nonetheless see the physique of water with its authentic title, 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 best to unilaterally rename the Gulf.
- Google responded to her letter, saying that they meant 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 await a response from Google earlier than taking extra steps.
“If not,” she mentioned, “we are going to proceed to court docket.”
NPR’s Rachel Treisman reported earlier this month that a part of Sheinbaum’s argument towards the title change relies the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea. This conference states {that a} nation’s territorial sovereignty solely extends 12 nautical miles from its shoreline.
“If a rustic desires to vary the designation of one thing within the sea, it will solely apply as much as 12 nautical miles. It can not apply to the remainder, on this case, the Gulf of Mexico,” Sheinbaum said. “That is what we defined intimately to Google.”
