Mexico threatens Google. “We will bring a lawsuit.” The “Mexican Bay” went

Mexico can sue Google: The President of Mexico Claudia Sheinbaum called Google to consider the decision to change the name “Mexican Gulf” to “American Gulf” again. – if necessary, we will bring a civil law (…), but we hope Google will change his mind – she said. She explained at a press conference that the president’s decree regarding the naming of a given place has legal power only in the area where the US has sovereignty or up to 22 nautical miles from the coast.

What is it about? Google Maps users in the United States instead of the “Mexican Gulf” from Tuesday (February 11) see the name “American Bay”. Thus, Google carried out the ordinance of President Donald Trump, who At the beginning of the week he officially changed the bay. Users from outside the United States will continue to see both the original and new name of the Mexican Gulf.

The requests did not work: In January, Claudia Sheinbaum appealed to Google not to change her name. She even sent an official letter to the company. She argued that Google should not respond to US ambitions to change the name “International Sea”. At that time, she joked a bit of it. She said that Mexico would demand from Google a change in the name of North America to “America Mexicana”. – for us it is still a Mexican bay and It is still a Mexican bay for the whole world – she emphasized.

Global indignation: Interestingly, Google maps have blocked reviews about “Mexican Gulf”. Google also removed some of the negative opinions that appeared after the name changed. Internet users They rated this region of the world massively negativelyto show the giant that they do not agree with the change of name. After blocking the comments, this protest moved to stores with mobile applications, where negative opinions are issued under the Google Maps application.

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Sources:, IAR,