| The colonies set up temporary governments or juntas which were effectively independent from Spain. |
| The liberation movement started in Argentina where autonomous juntas were created as a result of the loss of authority of the Spanish government over its colonies. |
| In Spanish America many local elites formed juntas and set up mechanisms to rule in the name of Ferdinand VII, whom they considered the legitimate Spanish monarch. |
| And he's paid dearly for his outspokenness, resulting in numerous attests and detentions under the country's past military juntas. |
| Left unanswered by the high court ruling is whether new charges can be brought against the surviving members of the former military juntas. |
| Various juntas have seized control of the country and ruled it through most of its history. |
