Why is it said that the sun never set on the spanish empire

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it as said that the sun never set on the Spanish empire because the Spanish Empire was so vast that the Sun always shined in some part of its territories. For instance, the Spanish territories encompassed large portions of land, from what today is New Mexico or California, all through the modern-day Mexican Republic (New Spain), Central America, and most of South America.

the monroe doctrine is the best known u.s. policy toward the western hemisphere. buried in a routine annual message delivered to congress by president james monroe in december 1823, the doctrine warns european nations that the united states would not tolerate further colonization or puppet monarchs.