>>13324091Under the Cold War definition of a third world country, Venezuela, the Philippines, and Egypt were third world countries. Modern developing countries include Somalia, Honduras, and Nepal. The term "Third World" arose during the Cold War and it was used 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, North Korea, Vietnam and their allies represented the "Second World". This terminology provided a way of broadly categorizing the nations of the Earth into three groups based on political divisions. Due to the complex history of evolving meanings and contexts, there is no clear or agreed-upon definition of the Third World. Most people tend to use "third world" to describe poor and developing countries, neither of which applies to America. Seethe harder.
