Mexican President Threatens to File Suit over ‘Gulf of America’
The article discusses the controversy surrounding the Gulf of Mexico being renamed the “Gulf of America” following an executive order by U.S. President Donald Trump. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has threatened to sue Google if it complies with this change, as the company updated its maps to reflect the new name after Trump’s executive order on January 20. She argues that the order affects only U.S. continental shelf rights,asserting Mexico’s sovereignty over large parts of the Gulf.
currently, the Gulf appears as “Gulf of Mexico” for users in Mexico and ”Gulf of America” for those in the U.S., while other countries see the name as “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).” Google has stated it adheres to official name changes based on government sources. The article suggests that Sheinbaum’s case against Google is weak, notably if the name change is not visible to users in Mexico. The situation has sparked humor and criticism about the pettiness of the issue amid more pressing concerns facing both nations, including security and economic challenges.
Not everyone is taking the news of the Gulf of Mexico becoming the Gulf of America well.
The Associate Press reported Thursday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum may sue Google if it stays in line with President Donald Trump’s executive order officially changing the name.
Bloomberg reported Thursday that Google made the change when the United States government updated its official map.
Trump signed the executive order on Jan. 20 — his first day in office for his second term — and declared Feb. 9 to be “Gulf of America Day” because that day was his first visit to the gulf since the change.
Does Sheinbaum have a case against Google?
Per the AP, the Mexican president argued the executive order only impacts the “continental shelf of the United States.”
She stated, Mexico still has control over a lot of the gulf, and “we have sovereignty over our continental shelf.”
The AP noted that the name on Google Maps was dependent upon where the user was located.
If you’re in Mexico, it would appear as “Gulf of Mexico,” and if you’re in America, it would appear as “Gulf of America.”
In other countries, it reportedly appears as, “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America).”
Google said in January, it has a “long-standing practice of applying name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”
Sheinbaum’s case seems pretty flimsy here.
If “Gulf of America” came up for Google Maps users in Mexico, she may have a case, but that’s not what’s happening.
Trump’s executive order is admittedly amusing and has made for many hilarious moments as officials like Sheinbaum fly off the handle over it. Threatening to sue Google is not going to make her government seem any more legitimate when her country is plagued by drug cartels and waves of illegals seeking to use it as a passageway into the United States.
It could be argued that while this a trivial issue for Mexico that should be left alone, the same claim can be made against Trump as the president should focus his time and energy on more substantial issues, but we know he’s doing that, as well.
The Department of Government Efficiency is exposing how much of our tax dollars have been wasted. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion have been purged, and now Trump is on the precipice of a peace deal to end Russia’s war with Ukraine.
The president is making good on what he promised to do. This is just the icing on the cake.
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