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Mexico President Condemns Google’s Name Change of Gulf of Mexico

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Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed her disapproval on Thursday over Google’s decision to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico on its Google Maps platform. This move followed U.S. President Donald Trump’s order to rename the body of water to the “Gulf of America.”

In a letter addressed to Google, Sheinbaum’s government argued that the United States cannot unilaterally rename a body of water that it shares with both Mexico and Cuba. The change would apply only to U.S. users of Google Maps once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System. For users in Mexico, the name “Gulf of Mexico” will remain, while internationally, both names will be shown.

The conflict between Sheinbaum and Trump over the name change has escalated, with Sheinbaum previously jesting that, if countries were to start renaming geographical locations, North America should be renamed “Mexican America,” referencing a 1607 map of the region.

Mexico’s position is based on the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea, which asserts that a country’s sovereignty only extends 12 nautical miles (about 22 kilometers) from its coastline. As a result, Sheinbaum emphasized that the U.S. could only change the name of the Gulf within its own 12 nautical miles, not beyond that.

In her morning press conference, Sheinbaum reiterated that Mexico had requested Google to feature the term “Mexican America” when searched. She called for Google to prominently display this on its platform as part of the broader conversation about territorial naming rights.

 

Mexico to Address Google’s Gulf of Mexico Name Change

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Key Points:

  • Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum announced that the government will send a letter to Google in response to a name change in Google Maps for users in the United States.
  • Google confirmed that, in line with its policy for differing official names across countries, U.S. users would now see the Gulf of America instead of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • The U.S. government officially rebranded the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America on Friday, prompting this diplomatic move by Mexico.

Government’s Response and Plans:

  • Mexico intends to address the name change through official correspondence to Google regarding the implications of altering the geographical name.
  • This move signals ongoing tensions around national sovereignty and the proper recognition of international geographical features.

Cher ‘Shocked’ to Discover Her Legal Name Was Different from What She Thought

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In her new memoir, Cher: The Memoir, Part One, the iconic singer and actress Cher reveals an unexpected moment of personal discovery: when she applied to legally change her name in 1979, she was “shocked” to learn that her birth certificate listed her first name as Cheryl, not Cherilyn, as she had always believed.

Cher recalls that for years, she had assumed her full name was Cherilyn. However, when she decided to simplify her name legally to just “Cher,” she was taken aback to find a discrepancy. According to Cher, her mother, Georgia Holt, who gave birth to Cher in 1946 at the age of 19, was too exhausted after labor to properly name her.

The confusion began when a nurse asked her mother for the baby’s name. Cher’s mother, in pain and unsure, jokingly responded with “Cherilyn” after combining names of two people she admired—Lana Turner’s daughter, Cheryl, and her own mother’s name, Lynda.

Later, after learning the truth, Cher confronted her mother, asking, “Do you even know my real name, Mom?” To which Holt humorously replied, “I was only a teenager, and I was in a lot of pain. Give me a break.”

Cher ultimately changed her name in 1979, dropping the additional surnames she had from her father, stepfather, and two ex-husbands. She adopted her famous mononym, “Cher,” which would become one of the most recognizable names in entertainment.

Cher: The Memoir, Part One was published on November 19 and is available now.