"They (the US) call it the American Gulf, for us it's still the Gulf of Mexico, and for the whole world it's still the Gulf of Mexico," she said.

At the beginning of the month, Sheinbaum, responding to Trump's initiative on the Gulf of Mexico, proposed returning the historical name Mexican America, which had been used since 1607, to the entire continent.

After the inauguration, the American president signed a decree ordering the start of the process of renaming the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. According to the document, the US Secretary of the Interior must take all "necessary actions" for the renaming "within 30 days." ria.ru.