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After the president-elect of the United States on Tuesday, Donald Trump, declared that she intends to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America, the Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum He responded to his comment by questioning why we don't call North America Mexican America.
During the morning press conference of the Mexican president, José Alfonso Suárez del Real, political advisor to the Social Communication Coordination of the Presidency of the Republic, pointed out that the name of the Gulf of Mexico is recognized by international organizations, so it cannot be changed.
"The name of the Gulf of Mexico, sadly, but also historically, is registered with international organizations and has been considered a nautical reference since the 16th century, before the United States existed," he said.
The official showed a world map from 1607, published by a Flemish man for the Amsterdam East Indies Company, which for the first time showed what is now Mexican America, which was basically what we know today as North America.
"It has been recognized since the beginning of the 17th century as the name of the entire northern part of the continent itself, and between Florida and Yucatan, the Gulf of Mexico is recognized as a fundamental nautical point for navigation in that century and beyond," said Suárez del Real.
So much so, he said, that José María Morelos y Pavón made the constitutional decree for the freedom of Mexican America in the 1814 constitution in Apatzingán.
In light of the above, President Claudia Sheinbaum called for North America to be called Mexican America, as it was known in the 17th century.
“Obviously the Gulf of Mexico, its name is recognized by the United Nations, but why don’t we call it Mexican America? It sounds nice, doesn’t it? Right? Since 1607, the Constitution of Apatzingán was of Mexican America. So we are going to call it Mexican America, it sounds nice,” he stressed, while recalling that the Gulf of Mexico has also been recognized since that date.
And, he said, President-elect Donald Trump is misinformed.
“I believe that yesterday President Trump was misinformed, with all due respect to President Trump, because I believe he was informed that Felipe Calderón and García Luna were still governing in Mexico, but no, Mexico is governed by the people,” he said.
However, he said smiling, it is necessary to wait for Donald Trump to officially take office, an act that will take place on January 20.
“He talked about the name, we also talked about the name. North America has been called Mexican America since 1607. So, we have to wait until he becomes president and in any case there is international law, and I still think that there will be good relations with President Trump. What do I base this on? Well, there were good relations with President López Obrador, and there has to be a relationship of mutual respect, of collaboration, not subordination, and of respect.”
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