However, the Google Maps changed the name of Mexico’s Gulf to America’s Gulf to people who use the application in the United States.
The relationship between Donald Trump and the media is not always the best and there is one more episode on this iron arm. The Associated Press accused the US president of preventing a news agency journalist from entering a press conference, all because of Mexico’s Gulf.
The AP was informed by the White House that, “if it did not align its editorial rules” with Trump’s executive order that renamed Mexico’s Gulf as Gulf of America, it would be prevented to enter an event in the Oval Room, the office of the state president United of America.
Num Julie Pace publisher revealed that during the afternoon of Tuesday, a news agency journalist was prevented from watching the press conference in question.
Associates Press has contested the White House decision and accused Trump of punishing independent journalism.
“It is alarming that the Trump administration punishes AP for its independent journalism. Limit our access to the oval room based on the content of the AP speech not only severely prevent public access to independent news, but clearly violates the first amendment. ”
When Trump announced that the Gulf of Mexico would become the Gulf of America, the in which he clarified that he would continue to use the original name and that he would update the style book with this information.
“As a global agency that promotes news around the world, AP has to ensure that locations and geography are easily recognizable by all audiences.”
The AP style book is not only used by its journalists, but also by other media and institutions around the world. In the update made after Trump’s order, AP advises the Gulf to keep the original title.
Google Maps changes the name … but only in the United States
Google Maps has changed the name of Mexico’s Gulf to America’s Gulf to people who use the application in the United States.
According to the company, the name Gulf of Mexico will not be changed to people who use the application in Mexico and users from other parts of the world summer the “Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America” label.
A controversial change
“Let’s change the name of Mexico’s Gulf to ‘Gulf of America’, which sounds great and covers a large area of territory. What a beautiful name. And it’s appropriate, it’s really.”
But the US president can only control what is going on in his country. Since the Gulf of Mexico is located between the United States, Mexico and Cuba, it would be necessary to have green light from the other two countries to change officially and be recognized as America’s Gulf in the rest of the world.
Mexico’s president is against the decision and has already announced that About the rename: “Let’s send a letter to Google, first to say: I suppose that Google Maps will know about this international division, you will also know which organization names international seas and what would correspond, in any case, to the continental shelf.”
Thus, the president can change the name, but only in the United States. The other countries are not required to agree or adopt The new name.
