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Juan Gabriel Vasquez' new novel, The Sound of Things Falling, is a sophisticated vision of the way the Colombian drug trade unravels lives. Reviewer Marcela Valdes says Vasquez shies away from stock drug war imagery in favor of a quieter, more sophisticated approach.

The six soldiers killed on Sunday in Afghanistan by a single IED blast were all based at Fort Bliss, Texas. One of the soldiers killed grew up in the Central Valley town of Porterville, California.

In a small Veracruz town, a gesture by law enforcement counters the popular belief that Mexican police are to be feared.

El Salvador gets nearly six feet of rainfall each year, but clean water is in short supply. Contaminated water kills thousands there every year. But simple projects that build deep wells are beginning to succeed where expensive, modern water systems have failed.

Alt.Latino hosts Felix Contreras and Jasmine Garsd swing by to give us a preview of some of the coming season's hottest new releases — from an iconic Mexican rock group to a much anticipated Colombian band.

President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali has stepped down after 23 years in power, leaving the prime minister in charge. In the capital, Tunis, tens of thousands of protesters took to the streets in the largest demonstrations to date as police fired tear gas and wielded clubs.

After years of polluting and contaminating the environment, the American Smelting and Refining Company's notorious copper-smelting plant in El Paso, Texas, will be cleaned up this year. Asarco will also pay $1.79 billion to settle claims for pollution at more than 80 sites throughout the country.

The Mexican man says he was one of 17 kidnapped by a cartel and forced to build drug-smuggling tunnels. Now he might be in prison for the rest of his life.

SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The city of San Diego ended its red light camera program today at 15 busy intersections around town.

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta has announced the Department of Defense will ramp up plans to harness renewable energy on public lands. Navy officials in San Diego are already working on how to do this without compromising military training ranges.