Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum He said Wednesday That his government will send a letter to Google after the Internet giant said he would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for Google Maps users in the United States.
Sheinbaum said the Mexican government is writing a letter that will be sent to Google to explain the composition of the seas and their powers after the company said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.
“We are sending a letter to Google first to say: I suppose Google Maps will know about this international division, you will also know which organization is the one that gives the name to international seas and what would correspond in any case to the continental shelf,” said Sheinbaum.
This occurred after Google said he would take his example of the United States government to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Mount Denali on their maps after the executive order of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, to change the Name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Sheinbaum also shared his thoughts about Trump's executive order to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico during his daily press conference on Tuesday.
“The Gulf of Mexico is still the Gulf of Mexico,” said Sheinbaum.
Last Tuesday, Sheinbaum could not help laughing when he came to the name of the Gulf of Mexico while working in the series of Trump's executive orders related to Mexico.
“He says he will call him the Gulf of America on his continental platform,” said Sheinbaum. “For us, it is still the Gulf of Mexico, and for everyone is still the Gulf of Mexico.”
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In his inaugural speech last Monday, Trump said he would change the name.
“From now on, we are going to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” he said.
Hours later he signed an executive order to do so.
The first time Trump mentioned the idea of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico, Sheinbaum responded sarcastically, suggesting instead renamed North America as “Mexican America” or “Mexican America”, because a founding document dating from 1814 that preceded To the Constitution of Mexico he referred to Mexico. That way.
“Does that sound good, right?” He added with a sarcastic tone.
He also pointed out that the Gulf of Mexico had been appointed that since 1607.
In an X post on Monday, Google said it It has “a long practice to apply name changes when they have been updated in official government sources.”
The company said the maps will reflect any update of the geographical name information system, a database of more than one million geographical characteristics in the United States.
Many Mexican citizens reacted to the change of name after Trump's announcement.
Ministry of National Tourism of Mexico Shared photos Encouraging people to visit Mexico, writing: “Long live the Gulf of Mexico! The beauty of our Mexico is wonderful, in the eyes of the world and, as it has been called since 1607 on world maps. “
Rocío Nahle, the governor of Veracruz, wrote in a publication: “For 500 years, it is and will continue to be our rich and great 'Gulf de México'”.
“If Google changes the name of the Gulf of Mexico, we will edit Google and Wikipedia and rename the United States as northern Mexico,” José Luis, from Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico, Mexico, wrote in x.
Juan Cobos, a former resident of Veracruz, described the change of name “absurd” while Talking to CNN.
“You cannot change something overnight, with what we have grown: history, geography, all that. You can't be so authoritarian that you can change it from one day to another. “
In an editorial for Mexican newspaper The Universal, legal expert, Mario Melgar-Adalid, advised Mexico to go back.
“Mexico must firmly oppose this interference, otherwise, the next step could be that instead of the United Mexican States (the formal name of Mexico), as established in our Constitution, they will begin to call us Old Mexico,” he wrote.
Trump Executive Order – entitled “Restoration of names that honor American greatness” – says: “It is of national interest to promote the extraordinary inheritance of our nation and ensure that the future generations of US citizens celebrate the legacy of our American heroes. The appointment of our treasures National, including the impressive natural wonders and historical works of art, should honor the contributions of visionary and patriotic Americans in the rich past of our nation. “
The Order also says that within 30 days, the Secretary of the Interior of the United States will change the name of “The area of the US continental platform Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and extends to the limit towards the sea. With Mexico and Cuba “.
Americans and Mexicans diverge on how to call another key body, the river that forms the border between Texas and the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas. The Americans call it the Rio Grande; The Mexicans call it Rio Bravo.
–With files by Michelle Butterfield, Reuters and Associated Press by Global News
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