After donald trump signed a decree in which the name of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of Americathe president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo He explained that this corresponds to a executive order which only has an effect on your continental shelfso for Mexicans as for the rest of the world, the name will be maintained, something that Great Britain has seconded because they reject the order issued by the Republican.
“It says that it will be called the Gulf of America on its continental shelf, that is, what corresponds to the continental shelf of the United States, they call it the Gulf of America, for us it is still the Gulf of Mexico, and for the entire world it is still Gulf of Mexico,” said the Mexican president on January 21.
According to what was stated by the newspaper The Telegraphthe British authorities decided to support the position of the Mexican president, so the Gulf of Mexico will continue to be called that way by them, unless the new name, that is, Gulf of America, gain widespread use in the English language.
“A source said that the Gulf name cannot be universally changed by a single country and that… it will not apply to UK products,” the newspaper’s publication reads.
It should be noted that it was a source close to the British authorities who confirmed this fact to the newspaper, which is why this decision was spread on social networks, which would be supporting the position of the National Regeneration Movement activist (Brunette).
“Britain will not recognize Trump’s new name for the Gulf of Mexico,” the post reads.
It should be noted that users from the United Kingdom expressed their agreement with the authorities through social networks, so it was emphasized that this fact only has an effect in the United States and should not be used internationally.
“And we shouldn’t do it. The executive order only has power in the United States”; “The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), made up of 100 member states, decides by consensus the naming of navigable waters, which means that Trump’s unilateral decision would not necessarily be recognized internationally”; “If the United Kingdom does not recognize the name change, it would result in a deeper division between the United States and the United Kingdom”; “Maybe the United States should no longer be an ally of Great Britain” or “The name Gulf of Mexico first appeared on a world map in 1550 and has been the common name since the mid-17th century,” reads on social networks.
Although the president of the United States instructed to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico, which surrounds said country, Mexico and even Cuba, it is known that it is not possible to change the name of this important body of water by order of a president, since this body of water and its name is integrated into the framework of international law.
Geographic names of this type are based on historical, cultural and political agreements, and cannot be unilaterally modified by a single country or representative. Any change in the nomenclature of such a geographic region would require international consensussomething very unlikely given the historical and symbolic relevance of the name “Gulf of Mexico.”
