Word: junto
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Last September (TIME, Sept. 22), the Military Junto of Chile, after having granted President Arturo Alessandri leave of absence, issued a proclamation which began: "We declare solelmly on our honor that in taking charge of public affairs we do so provisionally. ..." The Junto did not realize the great truth it had caused to be written, fort four months after its coup d'état it had been ousted by another Junto composed of younger military men (TIME...
...first thing that the new Junto did was to invite President Alessandri to return from a tour of Italy. The President refused to return until "assured" that he and his policies were wanted. The Junto discussed certain demands made by the President and, after protracted and heated debate lasting far into the morning, decided to assure the President that he was not only desired but badly needed to take over the country's government...
Meantime, the Junto formed a Government which is to rule the country until the return of the President...
...Junto took prompt steps to recall President Alessandri from his travels in Italy. It announced a policy of "neutrality in politics," accused the old Junto of having "betrayed our confidence and maliciously deviated from our program...
...Junto is an incorrect form of Junta, which means properly a legislative assembly or council. Here junto connotes a military clique exercising the functions of government. This difference in meaning is usually implied by the respective uses of the two words...