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Thomas Graham in Mexico City

Mexico to question Google over Gulf name change after Trump order

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Claudia Sheinbaum in Mexico City on 28 January 2025. Photograph: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images

Mexico will send a letter to Google to question its decision to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico for users of Google Maps in the US.

In a press conference on Wednesday, Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, said the US government did not have the right to rename the entirety of the Gulf of Mexico, much of which is in international waters.

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