pronunciamento

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

From Slate • Jul. 18, 2016

In a pronunciamento to the whole country, Chang Tsao-Tsen declared that peaceful efforts at reunification had failed and practically admitted that he was powerless against the opposition of the war lords.

From Time Magazine Archive

It was necessary to get the first two nations on their side before making a pronunciamento on the Ruhr and reparations.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

From Time Magazine Archive

Talk was beginning to be heard, though only in whispers, and at a far distance from the capital, of a new pronunciamento in preparation.

From The Free Lances A Romance of the Mexican Valley by Reid, Mayne