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Third World: The Non-Aligned Movement, led by India and Yugoslavia, and other neutral countries. The term " Third World " arose during the Cold War to define countries that remained non-aligned with either NATO or the Warsaw Pact. The United States, Canada and their allies represented the "First World", while the Soviet Union, China, Cuba ...
Feb 23, 2024 · What Is the Third World? Certain nations were categorized as Third World countries in the last half of the 20th century. This is now considered an outdated and derogatory phrase used to...
Sep 23, 2016 · People often use the term “Third World” as shorthand for poor or developing nations. By contrast, wealthier countries such as the United States and the nations of Western Europe are described as...
Third World, former political designation originally used (1952) to describe those states not part of the first world—the capitalist, economically developed states led by the U.S.—or the second world—the communist states led by the Soviet Union.
When people talk about the poorest or underdeveloped countries of the world, they often refer to them with the general term Third World, and they think everybody knows what they are talking about. But when you ask them if there is a Third World, what about a Second or a First World, you almost always get an evasive answer.
Jan 8, 2021 · When an armed mob stormed the U.S. Capitol and took over the building on Wednesday, many Americans said that's what happens in "Third World" countries. TV journalists and pundits said it. As...
Nations Online's list of Third World countries in various categories, such as political rights and civil liberties, poverty, press freedom and human development.
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