Junta

Ajuntais aSpanishword that is used formilitarydictatorships.

Often juntas got their power because of acoup d'état.Juntas are different from other dictatorships because they are ruled by a group of military officers instead of one person.

Greece,Chile,Mauritania,Guatemala,Brazil,South Vietnam,andEl Salvadorare examples of countries that were once ruled by juntas.

The most famous junta nowadays is that ofMyanmar.

Someautonomous regionalgovernmentsinSpainare also calledjunta.