junta

(noun)

The ruling council of a military dictatorship.

Related Terms

  • Dominican Civil War of 1965
  • Juan Bosch
  • coup d'état
  • Fidel Castro

Examples of junta in the following topics:

  • Shuttle Diplomacy

    • The National Salvation Junta, the new government, quickly granted Portugal's colonies, including Angola and Mozambique, independence.
  • "Americanizing" the Vietnam War

    • In 1966, the junta selected General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu to run for president with Ky on the ballot as the vice-presidential candidate in the 1967 election.
  • Intervention in Latin America

    • Opposition groups, known as Loyalists, launched a military coup d'état in 1963, effectively negating the 1962 elections by installing a civilian junta dominated by former members of the Trujillo regime and headed by Donald Reid Cabral, an American-educated businessman.
  • Clinton and Foreign Policy

    • In 1994, Clinton publicly demanded that the Haitian military junta step aside and restore democratic rule, despite the fact that, before the coup, Washington had repeatedly undermined Aristide's regime.
  • Commitment to Vietnam

    • In 1966, the junta selected General Nguyễn Văn Thiệu to run for president with Ky on the ballot as the vice-presidential candidate in the 1967 election.
  • Interventions in Latin America and the Middle East

    • By 1976, all of South America was covered by similar military dictatorships, called juntas.
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