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Mexico sues Google over 'Gulf of America' name change
bbc ^ | 05/09/2025 | Danai Nesta Kupemba

Posted on 05/09/2025 9:06:52 PM PDT by BenLurkin

Mexico is suing Google for ignoring repeated requests not to call the Gulf of Mexico the Gulf of America on Google Maps for US users, President Claudia Sheinbaum says.

She did not say where the lawsuit had been filed. Google did not respond to the BBC's request for comment.

Sheinbaum's government contends that...the US lacks the authority to rename the entire gulf.

In January, Sheinbaum wrote a letter to Google asking the firm to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico for US users. The following month, she threatened legal action.

At the time, Google said it made the change as part of "a longstanding practice" of following name changes when updated by official government sources.

It said the Gulf - which is bordered by the US, Cuba and Mexico - would not be changed for people using the app in Mexico, and users elsewhere in the world will see the label: "Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America)".

Trump hinted Wednesday that he may recommend changing the way the US refers to another body of water.

During an upcoming visit to Saudi Arabia, he plans to announce that the US will henceforth refer to the Persian Gulf as the Arabian Gulf or the Gulf of Arabia, AP reported.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; Mexico; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: angelino97; angelrino4mexico; angelrino97; google; gulfofamerica; gulfofmexico; mexico
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To: traderrob6

weak


61 posted on 05/10/2025 8:06:26 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: dznutz

Pearl Milling Company


62 posted on 05/11/2025 12:02:22 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: BlackbirdSST

Not LOL, but LotL


63 posted on 05/11/2025 12:05:00 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: neverevergiveup
... I heard all the time about how Mexicans were going to out-breed Americans and 'take back' Azatlan,...

Demographics is destiny.


64 posted on 05/11/2025 12:06:40 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: tsowellfan

I wish I could get folks to fight over me.


65 posted on 05/11/2025 12:09:04 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Elsie
Pearl Milling Company

Never heard of them./s

Since Aunt Jemima mysteriously disappeared I discovered Krusteaz pancake mix and will never look back.

It’s a good thing we can’t tell if Mrs. Butterworth is black or white, I like her syrup too much.

66 posted on 05/12/2025 1:29:48 PM PDT by dznutz
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To: BenLurkin
In Denmark, it's called the Vesterhabet.... the West Sea.

Euoweenies call it the North Sea.

That body of water is west of Denmark.
To them.... it's West and not a problem.

Until the progESSSSives get their man-panties in a wad over minutea

67 posted on 05/12/2025 1:35:49 PM PDT by Z28.310 (does not comply well with others)
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