(span.)herrschende Offiziersclique, Militärregierung; früher in Spanien und Lateinamerika Bez. für Regierungsausschuß (Verwaltung) oder ein zentrales polit. Organ (einer Aufstandsbewegung oder eines Staates).
ETYM Spanish, from Latin junctus joined, p. p. of jungere to join. Related to Join, Junto.
A council; a convention; a tribunal; an assembly; esp., the grand council of state in Spain.
The military rulers of a country, especially after an army takeover, as in Turkey 1980. Other examples include Argentina, under Juan Perón and his successors; Chile, under Augusto Pinochet; Paraguay, under Alfredo Stroessner; Peru, under Manuel Odría; and Uruguay, under Juan Bordaberry. Juntas rarely remain collective bodies, eventually becoming dominated by one member.
(Spanish) council; any administrative body; clique.