Mexico sues #Google for changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico on its maps in the U.S.

The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, announced that her government has filed a formal lawsuit against Google after detecting that the tech company changed the name of the "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" on its digital maps within U.S. territory.

This change, she explained, was made in compliance with a decree issued by former President Donald Trump, but it has generated a strong reaction from the Mexican government.

During her morning conference, Sheinbaum explained that the conflict is not about the use of the name itself, but about the improper application of the term "Gulf of America" to the entire body of water, including maritime areas that belong to Mexico and Cuba.

According to the president, Trump's decree only applies to the maritime territorial space of the U.S., so any attempt to extend that designation to international waters or other nations violates global norms and agreements.

The president was emphatic: "Google must respect the limits of the decree. If in U.S. territory they want to call it Gulf of America, they are within their rights. But they cannot impose that name on the rest of the gulf because that no longer belongs to them."

Although Sheinbaum assured that this issue has not been directly addressed with Trump, she reiterated that the lawsuit seeks to have Google correct the name in the relevant regions and respect the official designation of "Gulf of Mexico" on the rest of the map.

So far, Google has not issued any comment on the lawsuit or on the initial resolution of the case. The conflict marks a new chapter in the delicate relationship between technology, geopolitics, and digital sovereignty. $XRP