Francisco Jevir Rams Sanchez was surprised when he nominated President Trump last week and signing an executive order. Gulf Mexico The Gulf of America as part of his commitment to “American greatness”.
“That person talks a lot and we have no choice but to defend Mexico,” said Mr Rams Sanchiz, 52, who manages a 15,000 -member fishing association in the Tamolipas state in northeastern Mexico. It has eaten fish in the Gulf for 20 years and estimates that it spends 2,000 hours a year on its water.
He added, “He has been renaming a cultural and natural heritage in Mexico since the 16th century, when the United States was not formed.”
To be clear: Mr. Trump’s order Changing the name of the world’s largest bay only changed the name in the United States, where it has authority, not internationally. He asked the Secretary of Interior to eliminate all the Gulf Mention in the government’s government geographical database and make sure that “all federal references”, including maps, contracts and other documents, reflect the new name. Do
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But still, in Mexico and Cuba, with other countries Seafood In the Gulf, Mr. Trump’s move was surprised, angry, anger, and sometimes with laughter.
“For us and the whole world, it is still the Gulf of Mexico,” said Claudia Shenbam, Mexico’s President. Recently. chuckling When addressing the title last week.
For some people, changing the name of the Gulf reminds them of other global differences in places. For example, the body of water in the south of Iran has long been a tension, with Iran, like most parts of the world, called the Gulf Persian, while Saudi Arabia and some other Arab states prefer the Gulf of Arabia. Give
Along the southern bank of Texas, the River Grande River, which operates the national border between the United States and Mexico, is called the northern side. But in Mexico, it is known as Rio Bravo.
There were many names in the Gulf of Gulf, from the Gulf Florida to the Gulf Cortis, but there was evidence of sticking things in the early 1552 of the Gulf Mexico, which is used in print by a Spanish historian. The University of New Mexico, which specializes in the history of the United States and Mexican.
Although the name came about 300 300 years before the foundation of the country of Mexico, it originates from Iztex, which built a city on which Mexico City was later erected. He noted that although people in the United States generally use “America” for the meaning of their country, its term predicts the nation and in fact it means a bit wider. For many Latin Americans, this still happens.
He said, “It is proud to take something from us that was really applied to the half, and it was claimed for only one nation.”
When Mr Trump first suggested that he would change the Gulf name earlier this month, Ms Shanbam showed a global map from 1607 in which North America was named Mexican America and the Gulf of Mexico. The identity was like this – 169 years before the United States foundation.
“Why don’t we call it Mexican America? It looks beautiful, no?” Then he joking.
Since Mr Trump has signed the order, some other Mexican officials have defended the Gulf name.
Governor of the State of State, Roko Nahl, who has a distance of more than 450 miles from the Gulf Coast, Wrote the morning after the signature: “For 500 years, it is our full and great ‘Gulf of Mexico and will continue. A decree, this is a fact !!”
Even the country’s national tourism ministry said, A social media post Promoting Water Body Tips: “Keep the Gulf of Mexico for a long time! The beauty of our Mexico is amazing, before the eyes of the world and as it is called 1607 on the world maps.
(So far, the Cuban government has said nothing on this topic.)
In Tamolipas, a port city of Tamolipas, Tampico, 45 -year -old Jose Antonio Zapata Hinjosa, and a local amateur historian, a professor of economics and political science, said the people there were careless about Mr Trump’s decision. He said he thought everyone – even tourists – would continue to say – the Gulf of Mexico.
“This is like when they change the name of a street or stadium, the real name still remains,” he said.
In Cuba, 54 -year -old Edel Perez runs a hotel in Santa Lucia, a town on the northwestern bank of the island, from where he can see the bay. He said he was fishing for groups, sniper and more in these waters of his life.
“I don’t understand how a person wants to change the name,” he said. “Our share will continue as the Gulf of Mexico.”
Mr Perez said that when he first heard the news, he was surprised but confessed that the Cuban he knew about would remove his shoulders. “People here don’t worry about this.”
He said it was interesting, Mr Trump chose the name of “America”, trying to glorify the United States, because “we are all Americans.”
Surprisingly, Mexican’s most famous and successful football team is called Club America, which has become fodder. Mems on social media In Mexico
Florida -based Maritime Advisor Captain Paul Furan said, though as captain of the ship, the Gulf of Mexico visited the Mexico countless times.
Although changing all the US government’s documents and programs can be a lot of work, Captain Farran said, the markers are just worried about using the right navigation chart and reaching proper points and speeds on the radio.
He said, “The boy at the other end is listening to me, ‘America’s Gulf’, he is going to see his chart and he doesn’t care what he says.” “He will just care, ‘Well, I’m watching this boy, I know where I am. I am in the Gulf of Mexico and he is calling him the Gulf of America. Who cares? Don’t run in me. ‘
Mr. Troet, a professor of history in New Mexico, said that when Mr Trump’s term ends, Gulf’s name may change once again in four years.
But if Mr Trump’s “US First” logic was to apply elsewhere in the United States, does not the state of New Mexico even threaten to change the name?
No, Mr. Troet laughed, he was unaware that his state’s name would soon turn into “New America” at any time.
