墨西哥城-墨西哥周一表示，在提起诉讼之前，它正在等待谷歌对其要求该技术公司完全恢复其谷歌地图服务的名称墨西哥湾的新回应。
Claudia Sheinbaum总裁分享了谷歌负责政府事务和公共政策的副总裁Cris Turner写给她的政府的一封信。它说，谷歌不会改变它在美国总统唐纳德·特朗普宣布这片水域为美国湾后概述的政策。
“我们将等待谷歌的回应，如果没有，我们将继续向法院起诉，”Sheinbaum在周一上午的新闻发布会上说。
目前，墨西哥湾在谷歌地图上显示为美国境内的美国湾，墨西哥境内的墨西哥湾和其他地方的墨西哥湾(美国湾)。特纳在信中表示，该公司正在利用美国海湾来遵循“在所有地区公正一致的长期地图政策”，并且该公司愿意亲自与墨西哥政府会面。
他写道，“虽然国际条约和公约无意规范私人地图提供商如何展示地理特征，但我们的一贯政策是咨询多个权威来源，以提供最新、最准确的世界展示。”
墨西哥一直认为，测绘政策侵犯了墨西哥的主权，因为美国只对墨西哥湾约46%的地区拥有管辖权。其余由墨西哥控制，占49%，古巴控制5%左右。墨西哥湾的名字可以追溯到1607年，并得到联合国的承认。
作为对谷歌信件的回应，墨西哥当局表示，他们将采取法律行动，并写道，“在任何情况下，墨西哥都不会接受在其领土和管辖范围内的地理区域的重命名。”
特朗普对水体的重新命名在邻国盟友的关键时刻加剧了墨西哥和美国之间的紧张局势。
在关税威胁下，Sheinbaum不得不与特朗普保持平衡，墨西哥和其他拉美国家已经为承诺的大规模驱逐做好了准备，但尚未感受到其冲击。
除了对谷歌的法律威胁，墨西哥总统周一还宣布，墨西哥和美国将于本周就贸易和安全问题举行高层会议，以努力维持两国之间的“长期合作计划”。
这是两国之间的最新一轮会谈，墨西哥希望借此推迟一场更大的地缘政治危机。
水体的重新命名也加剧了美国国内的冲突。
上周，白宫禁止美联社记者参加一些活动，包括椭圆形办公室的一些人，说这是因为新闻机构对这个名字的政策。美联社利用墨西哥湾来确保地理特征的名称在世界各地都可以识别，但也承认特朗普对它的重新命名。
其他新闻机构，如白宫记者组织和纽约时报，也响应美联社，对侵犯新闻自由的行为发出警告。
Mexico awaits response from Google on dispute over Gulf of Mexico name
MEXICO CITY --Mexico said Monday it's awaiting a new response from Google to its request that the tech company fully restore the name Gulf of Mexico to its Google Maps service before filing a lawsuit.
President Claudia Sheinbaum shared a letter addressed to her government from Cris Turner, Google’s vice president of government affairs and public policy. It says that Google will not change the policy it outlined after U.S. President Donald Trump declared the body of water the Gulf of America.
“We will wait for Google’s response and if not, we will proceed to court,” Sheinbaum said Monday during a morning press briefing.
As it stands, the gulf appears in Google Maps as Gulf of America within the United States, as Gulf of Mexico within Mexico and Gulf of Mexico (Gulf of America) elsewhere. Turner in his letter said the company was using Gulf of America to follow “longstanding maps policies impartially and consistently across all regions" and that the company was willing to meet in person with the Mexican government.
“While international treaties and conventions are not intended to regulate how private mapping providers represent geographic features, it is our consistent policy to consult multiple authoritative sources to provide the most up to date and accurate representation of the world," he wrote.
Mexico has argued that the mapping policy violates Mexican sovereignty because the U.S. only has jurisdiction over around 46% of the Gulf. The rest is controlled by Mexico, which controls 49% and Cuba, which controls around 5%. The name Gulf of Mexico dates back to 1607 and is recognized by the United Nations.
In response to Google's letter, Mexican authorities said they would take legal action, writing that “under no circumstance will Mexico accept the renaming of a geographic zone within its own territory and under its jurisdiction."
The renaming of the body of water by Trump has flared tensions between Mexico and the U.S. at a pivotal time for the neighboring allies.
Sheinbaum has had to walk a fine line with Trump amid threats of tariffs and Mexico and other Latin American countries have braced themselves for promised mass deportations, the brunt of which has still not been felt.
Along with the legal threat to Google, the Mexican president also announced Monday that Mexico and the U.S. would hold high-level meetings this week on trade and security in an effort to maintain a “long-term plan of collaboration" between the two countries.
It's the latest round of talks between the two countries in which Mexico hopes to hold off a larger geopolitical crisis.
The renaming of the water body has fueled strife within the U.S. as well.
Last week, the White Housebarred Associated Press reporters from several events,including some in the Oval Office, saying it was because of the news agency’s policy on the name. The AP is using Gulf of Mexico to ensure that names of geographical features are recognizable around the world but also acknowledging Trump’s renaming of it as well.
Other journalistic organizations such as the White House Correspondents' Organization and the New York Times have echoed the AP in raising alarm about press freedom violations.
