Mexico City, May 10 -- Mexico has filed a legal lawsuit against Google for labeling the Gulf of Mexico as "Gulf of America" on Google Maps for American users, arguing that the move violates the sovereignty and international recognition of Mexican territory, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Friday.

Sheinbaum told a regular morning press conference that Google has already been sued and that "a first resolution" has been issued, awaiting compliance.

The United States could "change the name of a state, a mountain, a lake" and call it "whatever they decide" if it is within its territory, but those on the Mexican and Cuban sides cannot be renamed, said the Mexican president, noting that Google must clearly distinguish the respective ar...