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junta

[hoon-tuh, juhn-, huhn-] / ˈhʊn tə, ˈdʒʌn-, ˈhʌn- /


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But there were U.S. bureaucratic obstacles, including uncertainty about negotiating with the Myanmar junta and questions about which agency would take the lead, the officials said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

It was the highest-level engagement between Washington and Myanmar’s ruling junta since the 2021 coup that ousted its elected leader, the Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi, and plunged the country into civil war.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

According to him, the military junta would now prioritise protecting itself, at the expense of the fight against terrorism.

From Barron's ● Aug. 30, 2026

Over the past year the military junta recaptured much of the territory it had lost to the hundreds of insurgent groups which formed to resist the coup.

From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2026

It was the time of the junta, and because he couldn’t obtain the necessary medicines, he watched helplessly as the first patient died from the disease.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

This month, Venezuela and the military juntas in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger also started the process of leaving the ICC, based in The Hague, which prosecutes individuals for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

From Barron's ● Jul. 27, 2026

Benin officials suspect Tigri, Samary and the sergeant have found shelter with one of the neighboring military juntas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026

Niger is an oil-producing country and a major ally of Mali - both run by military juntas which face jihadist violence.

From BBC ● Jan. 13, 2026

Niger and landlocked Mali, ruled by juntas, are allies along with military-ruled Burkina Faso, and all three are grappling with intensified jihadist attacks.

From Barron's ● Jan. 12, 2026

The counter-proclamations of Spanish juntas were more prolix and equally arrogant, but one of them reveals the secret of national strength when it asserts that "a whole people is more powerful than disciplined armies".

From The Political History of England - Vol XI From Addington's Administration to the close of William IV.'s Reign (1801-1837) by George C. (George Charles) Brodrick




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