pronunciamento

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

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016

Said Allied Generalissimo Gamelin in his last pronunciamento before being relieved: "The British Air Force, like the French, is fighting to the last man."

From Time Magazine Archive

Last week, therefore, English women schoolteachers listened nervously for a scathing male pronunciamento.

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

There had been no disturbance in the city when the news of the pronunciamento was telegraphed from Rio.

From The Cruise of the 'Alerte' The narrative of a search for treasure on the desert island of Trinidad by Knight, E. F. (Edward Frederick)