Mexico asks Google Maps not to rename Gulf of Mexico
But Mexico argues the U.S. cannot legally change the Gulf's name because the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea dictates that an individual country's sovereign territory only extends up to 12 nautical miles out from the coastline.
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While the Gulf of America will be applied to federal references, other nations will not be required to recognize the name.
Nearly a month ago, Mexico's president Claudia Sheinbaum jokingly responded to the idea that incoming US president Donald Trump would rename the Gulf of Mexico to "Gulf of America." She ...
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