Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum has threatened legal action against Google if its map continues to display the label “Gulf of America” instead of “Gulf of Mexico.” On January 20, President Donald Trump issued an executive order renaming the “Gulf of Mexico” to the “Gulf of America,” citing its economic importance to the nation

Within 30 days of the order’s date, the US Secretary of Interior will take all necessary steps to rename the gulf, which is defined as the area “bounded on the northeast, north, and northwest by the States of Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida and extending to the seaward boundary with Mexico and Cuba”.

The decision that raised tensions between both countries prompted Sheinbaum to write a letter to Google. The letter was shared earlier this month arguing that the US did not have the right to rename the whole Gulf unilaterally.

Sheinbaum stated that President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf must cover only the portion of the body of water under US jurisdiction. Sheinbaum told reporters “What Google is doing here is changing the name of the continental shelf of Mexico and Cuba, which has nothing to do with Trump’s decree, which applied only to the US continental shelf.”

Sheinbaum noted that Mexico would wait for Google’s response before proceeding with legal actions.