Word: junta
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hoping to spend the next two years or so on his country's political sidelines. Because Nicaragua's constitution bars him from immediately succeeding himself to a second five-year term as President, So moza last spring relinquished power for 2½ years to a three-man junta. Though the junta is headed by a compliant mem ber of the Conservative opposition, it is in fact controlled by its two Somoza loyalists, both members of his Liberal Party. They would keep the general's place warm until 1974, when he was to come down from the bleachers...
There was no doubt as to who would make the final decisions. Earthy Tachito Somoza, whose only title at present is National Guard commander, had stepped down from the presidency last May and turned his powers over to a figurehead three-man junta only because he could not succeed himself under the Nicaraguan constitution. He had planned to stay on the sidelines until late 1974, when he would run for a second certain five-year term as President. Now, with his country in crisis, it seemed likely that the strongman would be flexing his muscles a lot sooner...
...given. But at a smaller meeting of party chiefs called later in the week by Perón (who this time did not attend), the party heads agreed on half a dozen demands to be presented to the military government of Alejandro Lanusse, including a key one that the junta relax a ruling that all presidential candidates had to be in the country by Aug. 25 of this year. That would allow Perón-who missed the deadline by nearly three months-to run for president...
...With tacit U.S. approval, Saigon army officers stage coup against Diem and execute him. Junta headed by General Duong Van Minh takes over. As turmoil continues?13 governments in 19 months?Viet Cong rapidly gain strength in countryside...
...instrument of this entrepreneurial clout is the Armed Forces Mutual Assistance Fund (known as OYAK in Turkish), which was established in 1960 when a military junta temporarily seized control of Turkey. Under OYAK rules, regular officers (commissioned and noncommissioned) in the air force, navy and ground forces, who number about 80,000 in all, are required to pay 10% of their wages into the fund for eventual reimbursement. So far, OYAK has collected more than $100 million...