Mexico’s president has requested Google to not use Donald Trump’s new identify for the Gulf of Mexico – which he pledged to vary to Gulf of America in considered one of his first acts as president.
Earlier this week, Google mentioned it could change the identify of the physique of water on Google Maps as soon as it’s formally up to date within the US Geographic Names System.
In keeping with Mexico, the US can not legally change the Gulf’s identify as a result of beneath the United Nations Conference on the Legislation of the Sea, a rustic’s sovereign territory solely extends as much as 12 nautical miles from the shoreline.
Studying out her letter to Google at a press convention on Thursday, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum mentioned “if a rustic desires to vary the designation of one thing within the sea, it could solely apply as much as 12 nautical miles”, CNN reported.
“It can not apply to the remaining, on this case, the Gulf of Mexico.”
Ms Sheinbaum has beforehand joked that she was contemplating renaming the continent of North America to “Mexican America” in her nation.
She mentioned: “We ask that once you put Mexican America within the search engine, the map seems that we introduced.”
A founding doc from 1814, which preceded Mexico’s structure, used that identify for the continent.
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Underneath the adjustments on Google Maps, American customers would see it on-line because the Gulf of America, whereas Mexican and Cuban customers would see the identify stay the Gulf of Mexico. Worldwide customers would see each names.
On Monday, Google defined the adjustments as a part of “longstanding apply,” and added: “When official names range between international locations, Maps customers see their official native identify.
“Everybody in the remainder of the world sees each names. That applies right here too.”
