Claudia Shanbaum’s letter to Google in the Mexican Gulf case or America

President of Mexico, Claudia ShainbaumHe took advantage of his Daily Tribune in the La Mañanera program to report that I am sending a letter to Google to answer and correct the mistake that makes it when compressing Gulf of Mexican In the application of cards.

It can be clarified that yes, that the change in the nomenclature, which will only have for us, users of the application, is a consequence of the executive order in which US President Donald Trump instructed to rename this geographical area.

A letter addressed to the executive director of Google, SCTAR Pichai is based on two arguments: that the name of the Gulf of Mexico was recognized by the international community from the seventeenth century, as shown on the maps of that time and that the executive order signed by Trump clearly indicates that the change is that the change is The name in any case will be applied in the field of the continental platform belonging to the United States, and not to the whole bay.

What does a letter tells you that Claudia Shainbaum sends you to Google

• “This is a name [Golfo de México] This is a product of the process of geographical and political construction, which was adopted and used by the international community, including the United States of America from its independence in 1776 to continuously ”
• The document states that this name is not a consequence of “imposing a unique government source, as Google suggests”, but from the historical process.
• The denomination is legally registered in the indices of the International Hydrographic Organization and is supported by 12 bilateral agreements between Mexico and the USA.
• “The aforementioned executive order explains that the change in the name refers exclusively to the delimited part of the bay mentioned and does not affect the entire water pool or the sea areas of Mexico and Cuba,” the written form says.

• “That is, in the case of Mexico, where we are completely sovereign? The fact that it sets 12 naval miles from coastal lines, and this is the same for all countries of the world. If the country wants to change the designation of something in the sea, it would only use up to 12 naval miles. This cannot be applied to the rest, in this case, to the Gulf of Mexico. This is what we explain in detail Google.

• “In the end, we ask for the search engine when“ Mexican America ”is placed on the map we represent.” At that time, he showed reporters a map of 1607, which marked parts of North America, such as Mexican America.