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

For once & all, in a carefully copyrighted pronunciamento � "Party Loyalty and The Presidency"�for this week's Saturday Evening Post, badgered Mr. Coolidge said his say.

From Time Magazine Archive

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

They were already contemplating another military pronunciamento, and Beliani, having made his own terms, was lending his influence.

From A Son of the Immortals by Christy, Howard Chandler