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Mexico asks Google Maps not to rename Gulf of Mexico


Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has written a letter to Google asking the firm to reconsider its decision to rename the Gulf of Mexico.


US President Donald Trump signed an executive order requiring the body of water - which is bordered by the US, Cuba and Mexico - be renamed the Gulf of America in his first week in office.


It will only appear on Google Maps with the new name for people based in the US - elsewhere in the world it will retain its current name, which has been used for hundreds of years.

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