Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday threatened to sue Google over its decision to display the name “Gulf of America” across the entire body of water rather than just the portion of the Gulf that lies within U.S. jurisdiction, arguing that the expansive naming violates Mexican sovereignty.
Sheinbaum’s announcement comes after weeks of escalating tensions between the Mexican government and the U.S. tech giant over its labeling of the Gulf on Google Maps. While people using the app in Mexico see “Gulf of Mexico,” those based in the United States now see “Gulf of America,” following a Jan. 20 decree issued by U.S. President Donald Trump to revise certain names of geographical features so that they “honor American greatness.”
