The Cold War produced a world competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. Both countries were keen to expand their political and economic ideologies about the capitalist and communist philosophies to small countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America.
In Asia, we have the Korean War and Vietnam War, which were influenced exactly by the intervention of the United States and the Soviet Union. Both super powers supplied arms, money and training to back opposite sides and local conflicts became part of the Cold War.
In Africa the Cold War fueled civil wars and national independence. The governments and rebel groups received the support of superpowers who provided them with military resources and aid. Such nations reported as Angola, Ethiopia, and Congo suffered long wars as a result of external interference and ideological influence.
Latin America experienced turmoil in terms of politics attributed to the pressures in the Cold War. The United States was often supportive of governments or military coups in order to stop the proliferation of communism. Cuba, Nicaragua and Chile were more violent and politically tense due to outsider pressure.
The Cold war promoted arm races and ideological rivalries in these areas. Local chieftains in either bloc would seek to gain power and stave off alternatives of power and therefore countries became battlefields of world politics, instead of local solutions.
Conclusion
The Cold War competition had significant implications on conflicts in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. The consequences of the ideological interventions of the superpowers were wars escalated, governments influenced by superpowers, and the long-term results of such interventions were political and social as well.
