The New Novel in Latin America

I was surprised to see how the new novel in Latin America is similar to the New Novel in France. I was wondering about the relationship that existed between the Boom writers and the French writers. Does the influence come directly from USA, or does it come directly from France? When I was reading the Cubs, I could not stop myself from thinking that a French new novel writer wrote it. As in the French new novel, the author plays with the persons, the story is fragmented, and the story is not reader-friendly. Moreover, the reader must participate a little bit in the story in order to interpret it. I do not know enough about the writers of the Boom to trace their relationship with the French new novel writers, but I have strong feeling that one influenced the other. What do you think?