Mexico Threatens Legal Action Against Google Over ‘Gulf of America’ Map Change
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Mexico Threatens Legal Action Against Google Over ‘Gulf of America’ Map Change

February 18, 2025
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Mexico is considering suing Google over its labeling of the “Gulf of America” on Google Maps. The change follows former U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on January 20 to rename the Gulf of Mexico. However, Mexico’s President, Claudia Sheinbaum, has made it clear that the order only applies to

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Bring back ‘Gulf of Mexico’ using this simple Chrome extension
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Bring back ‘Gulf of Mexico’ using this simple Chrome extension

February 16, 2025
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In his first month as POTUS, Donald Trump has released a wave of regressive executive orders, temporarily frozen essential federal funds, and instated Elon Musk as a de facto czar of federal employees. His policy announcements have targeted LGBTQ communities, so-called “DEI” policies, and federal agencies tasked with humanitarian aid

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Apple Maps follows Google, relabels Gulf of Mexico as America
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Apple Maps follows Google, relabels Gulf of Mexico as America

February 12, 2025
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Apple Maps has quietly been updated to change the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” when viewed by U.S. users. This comes a mere day after Google made the same change to its own Maps app. U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order renaming the Gulf of

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Apple and Google adopt Gulf of America for US Maps users
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Apple and Google adopt Gulf of America for US Maps users

February 12, 2025
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Google Maps now officially shows the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America if you open the app in the US. In a blog post, Google said it rolled out the named change because the government has already updated the Geographic Names Information System (GNIS), which decides the "federal

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Why Did Trump Rename the Gulf of Mexico? Google Maps Update Explained
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Why Did Trump Rename the Gulf of Mexico? Google Maps Update Explained

February 11, 2025
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Trump’s Bold Move: The Gulf of Mexico is Now the Gulf of America In a controversial rebranding effort, Google Maps has changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America—but only for users in the United States. The rebrand of the oceanic basin, which is shared

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