Mexico has sued Google for adopting the name “Gulf of America” for users of Google Maps in the United States, President Claudia Sheinbaum said, making good on an earlier threat to take legal action against the tech company over the name change.
Sheinbaum said at a news briefing Friday that a lawsuit had been filed, but did not provide further details. Sheinbaum did not say where and when the lawsuit was filed; The New York Times reports that it was told by her legal office that a suit was filed in a Mexican court in late March. The Mexican president had previously warned the tech company that Mexico was considering legal action.
Google did not immediately respond to MSNBC’s request for comment on the lawsuit.
In late January, after U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename certain geographical locations to “honor American greatness,” Google said it would follow suit and use the name “Gulf of America” for the body of water that lies between the U.S. and Mexico’s borders.








