How did the U. S. involvement in the Cold War effect Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East

The Cold War in Latin America had marked consequences for the region's political and economic evolution. From the origins of US fears of Latin American Communism in the early 20th century to the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, regional actors played central roles in the drama. Africa, like all continents, was affected by the Cold War. It was probably less strategically important than Europe and Asia, though. ... Most of Africa had been divided into colonies until after World War II. Western European nations, exhausted by WWII, were no longer able to maintain control of their colonies in Africa.
And in Asia it was violent and brutal, which most of it was documented, but Mohandas Gandhi mostly led peaceful movements :)

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