Mexico President Claudia Shinbom He said on Wednesday Her government will send a message to Google after the Internet giant said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for Google Maps users in the United States.
Xinbum said that the Mexican government is currently formulating a letter that is sent to Google to explain the formation of the seas and its authorities after the company said it would change the name of the Gulf of Mexico.
“We send a message to Google first to tell it: I assume that Google Maps will know about this international section, and you will also know the institution that gives the name to the international seas and what will be in any case of the continental shelf.
This came after Google said it would take from the United States government about changing the names of the Gulf of Mexico and preparing in its maps in the wake of US President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.
Shenbum also shared her ideas on Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico during a daily press conference on Tuesday.
“The Gulf of Mexico is still the Gulf of Mexico,” said Shinbom.
Last Tuesday, Shinbom could only laugh when she reached the rename of the Gulf of Mexico because she was working through the Trump’s executive orders related to Mexico.
“He says he will be called the Gulf of America on its continental shelf,” said Shinbom. “For us, the Gulf of Mexico is still, and for the whole world the Gulf of Mexico is still.”
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In his opening speech on Monday, Trump said he would change the name.
“After now, we will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America,” he said.
Hours after an executive order to do so.
The first time that Trump mentioned the idea of changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico, Shinbaum responded sarcastically, instead indicating North America as “América Mexicana” or “Mexican America”, because the Foundation Document dates back to 1814 and which preceded the Mexico constitution that way.
“This looks nice, no?” She added with the satirical tone.
I also noticed that the Gulf of Mexico has been named since 1607.
In a post on X on Monday, Google said that He has a “long -term practice to apply name changes when they are updated in official government sources.”
The company said the maps will reflect any updates of the geographical names information system, a database that includes more than a million geographical features in the United States.
The reaction of many Mexican citizens to change the name after Trump’s announcement.
The Ministry of National Tourism in Mexico Shared pictures Encouraging people to visit Mexico and writing, “The Gulf of Mexico has long lived! Our beauty is wonderful, in the eyes of the world and as it has been called since 1607 on the maps of the world.”
Rockyo Nal, Vericrose Governor, Book: “For 500 years, it will remain the” wealthy and great “Gulf of Mexico.”
“If Google changes the name of the Gulf of Mexico, let us all go to the liberation of Google and Wikipedia and the USA named North Mexico,” Jose Lewis, from TlalnePantla de Baz, Mexico, Books on x.
Juan Cobus, a former resident of Vericruz, called the “tampering” while Talk to CNN.
“You can’t change anything overnight, what we have grown – history, geography, all of this. You cannot be so authoritarian that you can change it from day to day.”
In the editorial of Mexican newspaper EL Universal, Legal expert Mario Milgar-Dalid Mexico, advised to decline.
“Mexico must oppose this overlap firmly, otherwise the next step can be that instead of the United States (the official name of Mexico), as shown in our constitution, they will start contacting us with ancient Mexico,” he wrote.
Trump’s executive order – The restoration of the names that honor the American greatness “says:” The national reformer is to promote the exceptional heritage of our nation and ensure future generations of American citizens celebrating the heritage of our American heroes. Naming our national treasures, including amazing natural wonders and historical artworks, must honor the contributions of Americans The visionary and patriots in the rich past in our nation.
It also says that within 30 days, the American secretary will return to the name “The American Continental Culture District Ltd. in the northeast, north and northwest by the states of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Florida and extend to the maritime border with Mexico and Cuba.”
The Americans and Mexicans diverge on what it calls another major body of water, the river that forms the borders between Texas and Mexican states in Chihua, Coulala, Noyfu Leon and Tamulipas. The Americans are called Rio Grande. Mexicans call it Rio Bravo.
–With files from Global News’ Michelle Butterfield, Reuters and Associated Press
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