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 two years Joseph Stalin had refrained from any public pronunciamento.

From Time Magazine Archive

President George Meany, 71, issued a pronunciamento that sounded like a declaration of independence from the Democrats.

From Time Magazine Archive

So would it have been but for a betrayal, through which the pronunciamento had miscarried, or rather did not come off.

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