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On Monday, Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum outlined a letter she received from Google regarding the controversy over renaming the Gulf of Mexico.

Last week, the tech company updated Google Maps in the U.S. to reflect Trump’s preferred title of "Gulf of America." Users in Mexico still see the body of water with its original name, while all other international users view it with both names listed.

, Sheinbaum announced that her administration would wait for a response from Google before taking additional steps.

“If not,” she said, “we will proceed to court.”

Rachel Treisman reported earlier this month

 that part of Sheinbaum’s argument against the name change is based the United Nations 

. This convention states that a country’s territorial sovereignty only extends 12 nautical miles from its coastline.

“f a country wants to change the designation of something in the sea, it would only apply up to 12 nautical miles. It cannot apply to the rest, in this case, the Gulf of Mexico,” 

. “This is what we explained in detail to Google.”

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Earlier this month, Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to Google with reporters, arguing that the U.S. had no authority to unilaterally rename the Gulf.

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