Gulf of Mexico

January 31, 2025 10:32 AM

Mexico president to Google: Wrong to accept Trump’s Gulf of Mexico name change

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday said Google is wrong to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico on its Google Maps platform after U.S. President Donald Trump ordered the body of water be renamed the "Gulf of America." Sheinbaum presented a letter addressed to Google in which her government argues the U.S. cannot unilaterally change the name of a body of water which it shares with Cuba and Mexico. The move comes after Google said on Monday that Google Maps will change the name of ...

January 28, 2025 12:50 PM

Google Maps to rename ‘Gulf of Mexico’ to ‘Gulf of America’ for US users

Google Maps will change the name of "Gulf of Mexico" to "Gulf of America" once it is officially updated in the U.S. Geographic Names System, Google said in an X post on Monday. The change will be visible in the U.S., but the name will remain "Gulf of Mexico" in Mexico. Outside of the two countries, users will see both names on Google Maps. The Trump administration's Interior Department said on Friday it had officially changed the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, and the Alask...

October 8, 2024 10:32 AM

Monster hurricane Milton threatens an already battered Florida

The Category 5 Hurricane Milton was expected to grow larger on Tuesday as it threatened Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula on its way to Florida, where more than a million people were ordered to evacuate from its path. The densely populated west coast of Florida, still reeling from the devastating Hurricane Helene less than two weeks ago, braced for landfall on Wednesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center projected the storm was likely to hit near the Tampa Bay metropolitan area, home to more tha...