Panama Canal Leadership: Ilya Espino de Marotta officially took over as the Panama Canal’s first woman administrator, with water supply and expansion projects flagged as top priorities. Canal Operations & Climate: The Canal Authority postponed a planned reduction in the maximum vessel draft for neopanamax transits, keeping the current 14.63-meter limit as Gatun Lake levels and El Niño forecasts are reviewed. Social Platforms in Latin America: Meta began testing Community Notes across 16 Spanish-speaking countries, including Panama, as it moves toward replacing professional fact-checking with crowdsourced context. Maritime Fuel & Pollution Risk: A new review warns ammonia shipping fuel could raise ocean nitrogen pollution by up to 185% unless regulators close certification gaps across the fuel’s full chain. Agritech & Biosecurity: USDA researchers advanced a male-only “NovoFly” strain for the sterile insect technique to improve screwworm eradication efficiency. Food Supply Shock: Tropical race 4 (TR4) is pushing banana variety changes as Panama disease spreads, with Queensland already seeing crop losses. Robotics in Construction: Monumental is using robots to automate bricklaying, aiming to tackle chronic labor shortages in building.