The pull of the Monroe magnet. Illustration shows Uncle Sam, on the right, sitting with legs outstretched forming a magnet labeled United States Protectorates, which he is using to draw Central and South American countries, represented by little figures labeled Cuba, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Salvador, and Colombia toward himself, a figure labeled Panama is already in his back pocket. On the left, in the background, are clouds of smoke labeled Mexico, which are created by the ongoing Mexican Revolution. Date 1913 August 13. The pull of the Monroe magnet. Illustration shows Uncle Sam, on the right, sitting with legs outstretched forming a magnet labeled United States Protectorates, which he is using to draw Central and South American countries, represented by little figures labeled Cuba, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Honduras, Guatemala, Salvador, and Colombia toward himself, a figure labeled Panama is already in his back pocket. On the left, in the background, are clouds of smoke labeled Mexico, which are created by the ongoing Mexican Revolution. Date 1913 August 13.