pronunciamento

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The technical term for that sort of takeover is pronunciamento, Spanish for declaration.

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016

From the Dollfuss office went forth a new pronunciamento announcing that "Nazi terrorism has become so barbarous that the Government's patience is at an end."

From Time Magazine Archive

West German President Gustav Heinemann officially initiated the games with the prescribed 14-word pronunciamento: "I declare open the Olympic Games celebrating the XX Olympiad of the modern era."

From Time Magazine Archive

The official text of a pronunciamento from Charles E. Hughes: The battle of Einstein is raging on all fronts more fiercely than ever.

From Time Magazine Archive

Lavalleja's partisans organised a conspiracy, and a certain Colonel Garzon took advantage of Rivera's absence from Montevideo to raise a mutiny in the garrison and to issue a pronunciamento deposing the president.

From The South American Republics Part I of II by Dawson, Thomas C.