Mexico sues Google over ‘Gulf of America’ renaming

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum confirmed Friday that her medication has filed a suit against Google for displaying the sanction “Gulf of America” connected its maps for U.S. users, escalating a quality that involves tech giants and lawmakers connected some sides of the border.

“The suit has already been filed,” Sheinbaum said without specifying wherever oregon erstwhile it was submitted. She archetypal warned of specified a suit successful February.

🚨Sheinbaum exige que Google obedezca sus decretos… desde Silicon Valley
⁰Porque claro, Google —una empresa privada estadounidense— está obligada a acatar los caprichos geográficos de la Cuarta Transformación.

La exjefa de Gobierno quiere que el “Golfo de América” solo nombre… pic.twitter.com/VRDxChIVtt

— Gildo Garza (@GildoGarzaMx) May 9, 2025

The ineligible enactment follows Google’s determination to update its U.S. maps successful enactment with an enforcement bid signed by President Donald Trump connected the archetypal time of his 2nd term, which renamed the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America for national purposes.

Sheinbaum, speaking astatine the National Palace during her Friday greeting quality conference, oregon mañanera, emphasized that Mexico’s request is straightforward: Google and different platforms should use the “Gulf of America” sanction lone to the information of the gulf that falls wrong U.S. territorial waters, arsenic specified by Trump’s decree, and not to the full assemblage of h2o shared by the United States, Mexico and Cuba.

“That’s what we’re demanding beryllium included successful the platform. We’ll spot however this solution from the United States Congress comes out, but they tin lone sanction the portion of the United States territory,” Sheinbaum said.

She added: “What we’re saying is that Google should enactment ‘Gulf of America’ wherever it belongs, that is, successful the portion that belongs to the United States, and that it should enactment ‘Gulf of Mexico’ successful the territorial portion that belongs to Mexico and Cuba. That’s what we’re demanding: that it look connected the platform.”

The contention intensified Thursday erstwhile the Republican-controlled House of Representatives narrowly passed a measure to codify Trump’s enforcement order, titled “Restoring Names That Honor American Greatness,” which required each national agencies to update documents and maps to bespeak the caller name.

The measure, introduced by Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.), present heads to the Senate, wherever its aboriginal remains uncertain.

In the House, the measure passed 211-206, with each Democrats and 1 Republican (Rep. Don Bacon of Nebraska) voting against it.

Greene defended the legislation, saying, “The American radical merit pridefulness successful their state and they merit pridefulness successful the waters that we own, that we support with our subject and our Coast Guard.”

We indispensable codify each of President Trump’s enforcement orders by passing them successful Congress.

Today, we are 1 measurement person to making the rightful Gulf of America PERMANENT.

The Senate indispensable walk this bill! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/HON7q3hfrt

— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 (@RepMTG) May 9, 2025

She besides accused Democrats of “fighting to support the Gulf of America named the Gulf of Mexico due to the fact that the cartels are their concern partners.”

“They combat for the cartels truthful much,” she added.

Meanwhile, Democrats said the measure was a discarded of clip and resources, and they accused Republicans of ignoring important matters portion wasting what House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) called an “entire legislative day” to statement the bill.

The inaugural is “silly, small-minded and sycophantic,” Jeffries added.

In summation to Google, Apple has besides updated its maps for U.S. users to bespeak the caller name, further fueling Mexico’s objections.

Sheinbaum said she has sent 2 letters to Google and warned of ineligible enactment if the institution did not bounds the sanction alteration to U.S. waters.

Google has defended its decision, citing its argumentation of pursuing authoritative authorities sources and consulting aggregate authorities to guarantee close representation. The company’s alteration means U.S. users spot “Gulf of America” connected Google Maps, portion Mexican users spot “Gulf of Mexico” and users elsewhere spot some names.

The sanction “Gulf of Mexico” has been recognized internationally since the 1550s and remains the authoritative designation by the United Nations and astir planetary authorities.

Sheinbaum, successful a pointed retort to Trump’s move, has suggested renaming the United States “Mexican America,” referencing humanities maps from earlier 1848.

With reports from El Financiero, El Economista, NBC News, AFP and Infobae