<p><strong>Evo Morales' likely return:</strong> A Bolivian judge on Tuesday <a href="https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54705168%5C" target="_blank">dismissed</a> an arrest warrant for alleged sedition and terrorism against former president Evo Morales, paving the way for Morales, who led the country from 2006 to 2019, to return to Bolivia without fear of detention. Although the warrant was thrown out over a technicality, the investigation against Morales continues. If Morales does return, he'll still likely be expected to show up in court to face the charges, which stem from his alleged role organizing roadblocks in the wake of the disputed 2019 election. Morales initially claimed victory in last year's vote, but the military forced him to <a href="https://www.gzeromedia.com/bolivia-the-morales-of-the-story%5C" target="_self">resign</a> amid allegations of vote-buying and civil unrest. He has since lived in self-imposed exile in Mexico and Argentina, but vowed to return if Luis Arce, the candidate aligned with his socialist MAS party, won the October 18 October presidential election (he did, in a <a href="https://www.gzeromedia.com/mas-appeal-in-bolivia" target="_self">landslide</a>). Now that Morales will likely be back soon, we're watching to see how his physical presence in Bolivia will affect Arce's first moves as president, given how the new president — a UK-educated economist who seeks to end Bolivian political polarization — distanced himself from Morales during the campaign.<br/></p><strong>Nile dam talks are back on:</strong> Negotiators from Ethiopia, Egypt, and Sudan were set to <a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ethiopia-dam/three-way-talks-on-blue-nile-dam-dispute-to-resume-tuesday-idUSKBN27B1BF" target="_blank">meet</a> (again) on Tuesday to discuss the controversial <a href="https://www.gzeromedia.com/dam-it-fighting-over-nile-water" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_self">Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam</a> on the Upper Nile river, which Addis Ababa says it needs to generate electricity but Cairo and Khartoum say will leave their farmers' crops dry. Nearly two months after Cairo walked out of the last round of talks over Addis Ababa's new timeline to fill the reservoir, the latest discussions have been overshadowed by an outside player, the United States, after President Trump suggested Cairo could<a href="https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20201023-trump-suggests-egypt-may-blow-up-ethiopia-dam" target="_blank"> "blow up the dam"</a> if an agreement is not reached soon. Trump's comments <a href="https://www.voanews.com/africa/ethiopia-blasts-trump-remark-egypt-will-blow-dam" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">outraged</a> the Ethiopians, who have long complained that the Americans have blatantly favored their Egyptian allies in US mediation efforts. Ethiopia also resents Trump's decision to cut over <a href="https://www.gzeromedia.com/what-were-watching-brazilian-women-footballers-get-equal-pay-who-probes-itself-us-cuts-ethiopia-aid" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_self">$100 million</a> in US development aid after Addis Ababa soured on a US-brokered deal to end the dispute. As the three interested parties return to the negotiating table, they will be closely monitoring the result of next week's US election — will a future Biden administration be as keen as Trump to back Egypt?
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