A junta is a Spanish word that is used for military dictatorships .

Often juntas got their power because of a coup d'etat . 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 , and El Salvador are examples of countries that were once ruled by juntas.

The most famous junta nowadays is that of Myanmar .

Some autonomous regional governments in Spain are also called junta .

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