Latin American Military Juntas Between The 1960s And 1980s

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Latin America had many military juntas between the 1960s and 1980s because, they believed they could rule better than civilians, and at this point not much else was working, which left them with a military dictator experiment. A military style leader has been seen many times prior to the 1960s. For example, the caudillos of the early independence era ruled by strict force. Then the Depression era brought a new style of military figure, a caudillo like dictator who rose from the armed forces. Another military model appeared in the 1960s. A bureaucratized military that believed they could restore order and bring development to their nations. These military regimes tended to rule more like an institution, rather than under the leadership of a