From f28f66703a212ff781c6873b11b766f163f97dbe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: gonzalo <gonzalo@ebizmarts.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2024 16:20:27 -0300
Subject: [PATCH]  closes #1863 for magento 2.2

---
 Model/Api/Customer.php | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Model/Api/Customer.php b/Model/Api/Customer.php
index 79c7ab62..6a22ad77 100644
--- a/Model/Api/Customer.php
+++ b/Model/Api/Customer.php
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ protected function _buildCustomerData(\Magento\Customer\Model\Customer $customer
                  * @var $country \Magento\Directory\Model\Country
                  */
                 $country = $this->_countryFactory->create()->loadByCode($address->getCountryId());
-                $customerAddress["country"] = $country->getName('en_US');
+                $customerAddress["country"] = preg_replace('/\&/', 'and',$country->getName('en_US'));
                 $customerAddress["country_code"] = $address->getCountryId();
             }
             if (count($customerAddress)) {