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The Latest Breaking News from the Gulf of Mexico

Trump has brought much-needed attention to a site of great tragedy: the Gulf of Mexico

Environmental disasters have plagued the water body for decades. Now the region is thrust in the global spotlight

The Guardian - US

Truly the dumbest timeline: Mexican president formally requests Google Maps does not re-name the Gulf of Mexico, jokes about renaming North America 'América Mexicana'

Google Maps says it's just following longstanding policy.

PC Gamer

Mexican President Requests Another Name Change in Response to Google's Decision to Reflect 'Gulf of America' on Maps

Mexico's president proposed changing how the US is labeled on Google Maps in retaliation to the company submitting to Trump's request to rename the Gulf of Mexico.

Latin Times

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Mexico's president calls on Google to identify US as 'América Mexicana’

President Claudia Sheinbaum attacks Google for caving into Trump’s meglomaniacal move to change the Gulf of Mexico into the Gulf of America

The Independent UK

Gulf of Mexico or Gulf of America? Google Maps and contentious geography

Google Maps will change the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America when the US government officially makes the change

Al Jazeera

Google Maps to rename 'Gulf of Mexico' to 'Gulf of America' following Trump executive order

Google announced that it would be taking steps to change the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America on Google Maps in the US on its Google Maps platform.

Android Central

Mexico to question Google over Gulf name change after Trump order

Claudia Sheinbaum says US government does not have right to change name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America

The Guardian - US

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Is Google Maps changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America?

The first ever Gulf of America Day took place this past weekend, says President Trump

Evening Standard

Google Maps To Rename Gulf of Mexico To Gulf of America In The U.S.; Most Countries Will See Both Names

The name will remain the same in Mexico

Latin Times

Google to change map names for Gulf of Mexico and Denali when US updates them based on Trump order

Google says it will take its cue from the U.S. government if it has to change the names of the Gulf of Mexico and Denali on its Maps service

The Independent UK

Google Maps To Reflect Trump's Renaming Of Gulf of Mexico To 'Gulf of America'

Google will update names in the United States after President Donald Trump's executive order renames the Gulf of Mexico to 'Gulf of America' and Alaska's Denali back to Mount McKinley.

International Business Times

Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US

Tech firm to make change in line with Trump’s executive order, using both names in world outside US and Mexico

The Guardian - UK

Can Trump just order new names for Denali and the Gulf of Mexico? A geographer explains who decides what goes on the map

President Donald Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico and Alaska’s Denali, the tallest peak in the country, has resulted in lots of discussion. While for some, such renaming might seem less important than the big problems the country faces, there is a formal process in the United…

The Conversation

OPINION - Half the world seems to pity Melania Trump — they couldn't be more wrong

On a day which variously included Donald Trump promising to rename the Gulf of Mexico, virtually all of the January 6 rioters being released, and Elon Musk doing a gesture so reminiscent of the Third Reich that it was actually blurred on Australian and German television, it was a far…

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Texas Observer

Name Games: Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ Move Flouts History, International Cooperation

The president could just as logically rename the body of water the “Chinese Sea,” one historian argues.

The Independent UK

UK has no plans to recognise Donald Trump’s new name for Gulf of Mexico

The UK will continue to call the body of water the Gulf of Mexico unless DonaldTrump’s plan to rename it catches on in English-speaking countries

Latin Times

Associated Press Defies Trump, Will Continue to Use 'Gulf of Mexico'

The Associated Press will defy Donald Trump's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico to the "Gulf of America," and will continue to use its former name.

Latin Times

Marjorie Taylor Greene Demands Congress 'Force' Gulf of Mexico Name Change as UK Refuses to Adopt New Name

Georgia Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene took to social media to demand that Congress use "force" in renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America.

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The Politics Of Map Names: A Global Perspective

President Trump's executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico as the Gulf of America sparks debate on geopolitical naming and national identity.

Evening Standard

US Coast Guard start using 'Gulf of America' for 'Gulf of Mexico' after Trump pushes name change

Donald Trump ordered US federal agencies to rename the Gulf of Mexico

The Independent UK

Mapmakers are lost as Donald Trump renames the world: ‘Gulf of what?’

Google and Apple maps are still using the original names. But for how long?

The Conversation

Yes, Trump can rename the Gulf of Mexico – just not for everyone. Here’s how it works

Among the blizzard of executive orders issued by Donald Trump on his first day back in the Oval Office was one titled Restoring Names that Honor American Greatness. It unilaterally renamed “the area formerly known as the Gulf of Mexico” as the “Gulf of America”.

International Business Times

As Trump Declares 'Gulf Of America,' US Enters Name Wars

For years, as disputes over names on the map riled up nationalist passions in several parts of the world, US policymakers have watched warily, trying to stay out or to quietly encourage peace.

The Guardian - US

US Coast Guard and Florida start using Gulf of America for Gulf of Mexico

Donald Trump signed executive order to rename body of water in honor of ‘American greatness’

Latin Times

Mexican President Says Trump Can Call Gulf Whatever He Wants But It Is Still the Gulf of Mexico 'For the Entire World'

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum rebuffed Donald Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico the "Gulf of America."

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