Mexican President Claudia Shinebam on Friday confirmed that its administration has filed a lawsuit against Google on its maps for American users, which included a controversy that includes technical institutions and lawmakers on both sides of the border.
“The case has already been filed,” said Shinbam without mentioning where or when it was submitted. He first warned of such a case in February.
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– Gildo Carza (Alde Giltacarzamx) May 9, 2025
The legal action is as follows Google decided to update his American maps There it Administrative order signed by President Donald Trump On the first day of his second post, renamed federal purposes that the Gulf of Mexico was the US Gulf.
Shinbam spoke at the national palace during his Friday morning news conference, or Melra, He emphasized that Mexico’s demand is straightforward: as the Google and other sites are noted by Trump’s mandate, the name of the “United States Gulf” is only for the entire water level of the United States, Mexico and Cuba, as part of the Gulf of the US regional water.
“That is what we demand that we be included on the platform. We will see how the resolution is coming from the United States Congress, but they can only name a part of the US territory,” Sinbam said.
He added: “What we say is that Google belongs to the Gulf of the United States of America, that is, the US, and it must place the ‘Mexico Gulf’ in the Regional region of Mexico and Cuba.
Controversy on Thursday intensified when a bill passed a bill to symbolize the Republican Republican Council Trump’s Executive Order, Entitled “Restore Names of American Magism”, all federal corporations need to refresh documents and maps to reflect the new name.
The move, which was introduced by representative Marjori Taylor Green (R-Ka), is now going to the Senate, where its future is uncertain.
In the House, the bill passed 211-206, with all the Democrats and a Republican Party (Nebraska’s representative Tan Bacon).
Green supported this law and said, “The American people are proud of their country and are worthy of pride in our own water so that we should protect our military and our Coast Guard.”
We must mark all President Trump’s administrative orders in the Congress.
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– Representative Marjori Taylor Green (@repmTg) May 9, 2025
He also accused the Democrats of being “named the American Gulf as the Mexico Gulf, because the Cortells are their business partners.”
“They are very struggling for cartels,” he added.
In the meantime, the Democrats claimed that the bill was wasting time and resources, and they accused the Republicans of ignoring important things, while House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffrees (DNY) wasted the call “a full legislative day” to discuss the bill.
Jeffrees added that this effort was “funny, little intention and Sikopanic.”
Apart from Google, Apple has updated its maps to reflect the new name for US users, and further stimulates Mexico’s objections.
Sheinbam said he had sent two letters to Google and warned that if the company did not limit the name change to the US waters, it was.
Google has supported its decision, consulting several officials to ensure its policy of adopting official government sources and accurate representation. The company’s change is the US users see “the Gulf of the United States” on the Google Map, while Mexican users see two names in the “Mexico Gulf” and elsewhere.
The name “Mexico Gulf” has been recognized internationally from the 1550s Is the official post of the United Nations And most universal officers.
Shenbham, who responded to Trump’s action, referred to the United States as a “Mexican America”, referring to historical maps since 1848.
With reports from FinanceOvarian EconomistOvarian NBC messageOvarian AFP And Infoba