amy: and we will speak to democratic congressmember greg casar, just back from a congressional trip to colombia, brazil, and chile, which will soon mark 50 years since the u.s.-backed military coup. casar is calling on the biden administration to declassify more documents about the u.s. role in the coup. all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. soldiers in gabon declared they are seizing power and nullifying recent elections as they took to national television earlier today. >> the general elections of august 26, 2023 as well as the truncated results are canceled. the borders are closed until further notice. all institutions of the republic are dissolved. amy: earlier in the day, gabon's national election authority announced president ali bongo ondimba has been re-elected for a third term in after saturday's election which was marred by delays and decried by opposition leader albert ondo ossa as a fraud. bongo, who reportedly is being held under house arrest, has already served two seven-year terms. his family