<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Third_World" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Third_World</a><p>Latin America was not actually aligned with the US and the First World during the Cold War era. They&#x27;re only orbiting the US in the sense of being within the US sphere of influence and geography.