Mexico asks Google to include map of ‘Mexican America’ in response to Trump
After Trump claim that the Gulf shared by Mexico, Cuba and the United States should be called “Gulf of America”, Sheinbaum, accompanied by historians, presented 17th century maps in which the northern region of the continent appeared as a single entity called “America Mexican “.
In its letter, the Mexican government states that if Google changes the name of the Gulf, this should only occur on its servers in the United States and in relation to the continental platform of that country.
Sheinbaum emphasized that Trump’s decree “has an effect” within the United States, as Mexico’s Gulf is a “historically accepted and recorded denomination” by the international watershed, of which both countries are part.
The internet giant reported last Monday that the name “Gulf of America” will appear on its servers in the United States and that Denali, the highest peak in North America, will be called Monte McKinley again, fulfilling the decrees of Trump.
According to its practice of citing official information, the change will occur when the US geographic name information system made the modifications, which had not yet occurred until the noon of Thursday.
