Guyana protests against Spanish street names in Google Maps
by Reuters from Technology | The Guardian on (#MJX9)
Prime minister calls for explanation after Google appears to adopt names used by neighbour and territorial rival Venezuela
A centuries-old territorial dispute in South America has taken a technological turn after anglophone Guyana decried Google Maps' Spanish-language labelling of street names in a region claimed by neighbouring Venezuela.
The contended English-speaking area, which encompasses two-thirds of Guyana and effectively functions as part of the former British colony, is at the heart of the longstanding dispute, recently revived after an oil discovery off its shores.
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