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Meanings of junta in English

Portuguese
junta militar

A group of military officers who rule a country after seizing power.

        junta militar
        Russian
        хунта
        Portuguese
        junta de governo
        Spanish
        junta de gobierno
        Catalan
        consell rector

        Administrative institution in various periods in Spain and Latin America.

              хунта
              Usage of junta in English
              1
              Burma's junta leader later commuted the sentence to 18 months' house arrest.
              The Irish Times
              2
              However, it allowed soldiers to detain hundreds of junta critics without charge.
              Reuters
              3
              The junta had used the law to target pro-democracy protesters, it said.
              Reuters
              4
              The junta has vowed to hand over power by February next year.
              Reuters
              5
              The junta had previously suggested that elections would be held next year.
              Reuters
              6
              Thaksin's decision to speak to media this week has riled the junta.
              Reuters
              7
              Apparently the new junta, running the county board slashed the training budget.
              The Irish Times
              8
              The junta has said a general election will take place in 2016.
              Reuters
              9
              The military junta promoted him, making him foreign, and then information, minister.
              Reuters
              10
              U.N. officials say the junta has broadly honored that promise so far.
              Reuters
              11
              The Army junta has called for economic reforms & they are needed.
              The new yorker
              12
              The junta has said it has no plan to revive rice subsidies.
              Reuters
              13
              The junta has ruled the former Burma for the last 45 years.
              Reuters
              14
              The junta has made a conditional offer to talk to Suu Kyi.
              Reuters
              15
              The junta has recently launched a stream of diatribes against the opposition.
              The Irish Times
              16
              It said the junta's crackdown on pro-democracy campaigners was an internal affair.
              Reuters
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