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Google on Monday alterd the name of the Gulf of Mexico to “Gulf of America” for those using its Maps platcreate inside the United States, adhereing with an executive order by Plivent Donald Trump. The tech huge wrote in a blog post that users outside the United States will persist to see both the exceptional and recent name for the Gulf of Mexico, as is the case for other disputed locations.
“People using Maps in the US will see ‘Gulf of America,’ and people in Mexico will see ‘Gulf of Mexico.’ Everyone else will see both names,” Google wrote.
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Upon taking office, Trump signed executive orders not only changing the name of the Gulf of Mexico but also reverting the name of Denali, America’s highest peak, to its createer moniker Mt. McKinley.
In 2015, then-plivent Barack Obama officiassociate acunderstandledged the Alaska mountain as Denali, the name used by Alaska Natives for centuries.
Trump’s renamings igniteed criticism from indigenous groups in Alaska, who have lengthy helpd for persisting the Denali name, and liftd discreet troubles with Mexico.
Mexican Plivent Claudia Sheinbaum has cheekily recommended calling the United States “Mexican America,” pointing to a map from before one-third of her country was seized by the United States in 1848.
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