military dictatorship
Army-controlled autocracy
A military dictatorship is a government in which armed forces hold political power, typically after seizing control through a coup.
The head of state is usually a general or military junta rather than a civilian.
Military dictatorships often suspend constitutional rights, impose martial law, and suppress opposition: Argentina was under military dictatorship from 1976 to 1983.
- coup d'étatViolent government seizure
- power grabAttempt to seize control
- martial lawArmed forces governance
- authoritarianismConcentrated, unchecked governmental power
- truth commissionsOfficial bodies investigating past atrocities
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- Latin American historycolonial history, independence movements, political history, indigenous history, encomienda
- Portuguese historyAge of Discovery, Carnation Revolution, Salazar, Henry the Navigator, Vasco da Gama
- Francoist SpainFrancisco Franco, Franco, caudillo, generalissimo, Francoist Spain
- Uruguay Dictatorshipjunta, authoritarian rule, political repression, political prisoners, human rights violations
- ArgentinaBuenos Aires, tango, Messi, Patagonia, mate
- armiesdivisions, battalions, corps, soldiers, platoons
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Rule by the people
liberal democracy · democratic republic · parliamentary democracy · constitutional democracy · representative democracy
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Regime bound by charter
limited government · rule of law · free society · open society · democratic institutions
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