The Mexican government threatened a lawsuit in February.
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum announced a lawsuit against Google on May 9th over the tech giant’s decision to change the Gulf of Mexico to the US Gulf in accordance with President Donald Trump’s executive order.
Sheinbaum made the announcement during the daily press briefing, but did not disclose details.
Her decision, along with Mexican Foreign Secretary Juan Ramon de la Fuente, requires that the names of areas that fall within Mexican territory remain unchanged, following several attempts made by her administration to stop Google from renaming the waters of the entire waters.
The Epoch Times reached out to Google for comment.
Approximately 46% of the Gulf Coast is controlled in the US, with 49% in Mexico and 5% in Cuba.
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The bill, which attempts to codify Trump’s orders into the law, passed the House, with one Republican and all Democrats opposed to it, voted 211-206. He is now moving to the Senate. If passed, the maps and federal documents will be 180 days after the enactment of the bill to make necessary changes.
As of May 10th, the Gulf appeared in Google Maps as the US Gulf within US territory, as the Gulf of Mexico and the Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America). The company also followed Trump’s orders to return Mount Denali in Alaska to Mount McKinley, named after President William McKinley.
Aldgra Fredy, Jackson Richman, and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
