“If a country wants to change the designation of something in the sea, it would only apply up to 12 nautical miles. It cannot apply to the rest, in this case, the Gulf of Mexico.

The Gulf of Mexico is shared by the U.S., Mexico, and Cuba—no single country owns it. While the U.S. can rename its territorial waters, the world at large is unlikely to accept "Gulf of America ...

“If a country wants to change the designation of something in the sea, it would only apply up to 12 nautical miles. It cannot apply to the rest, in this case, the Gulf of Mexico.

Jennifer Van Vrancken expected smooth sailing when she proposed that Jefferson Parish, La., label its maps with the Gulf of America instead of Gulf of Mexico. After all, she’s one of five ...

President Donald Trump says an executive order will change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the Gulf of America. He also outlined his desire for the U.S. to take over the Panama Canal.

In a press conference Tuesday filled with grievances about Canada, Greenland, the Panama Canal and Mexico, President-elect Donald Trump said he was going to rename the Gulf of Mexico, the 600,000 ...

Following President Trump’s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, at least in the United States, Mexicans and Cubans expressed annoyance, defiance, confusion and even amusement.

According to Mexico, the U.S. cannot legally change the Gulf's name because the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea dictates that an individual country's sovereign territory only ...

In 2007, Mexico asked to extend its continental shelf up to 350 nautical miles in certain areas, which would overlap some of the U.S.'s jurisdiction.