A wave of revolt is blowing over a large part of Latin America. In early October, Ecuadorians were the first to rebel against rising fuel prices. A few days later, it was the Chileans who converged on Plaza Italia, in Santiago, to denounce the rise in the price of the ticket. In Bolivia, protesters' anger pushed President Evo Morales to resign. It's now time for Colombians to take to the streets ...

"The whole South American continent is boiling in a growing way," admits Alvaro Sierra, director of the French channel of France 24, based in Bogota.

But are all these socio-political crises on a contintent where the inequality is very marked are they really comparable? "There is something in common between what happened between the angry Ecuadorians disappointed with Lenin Moreno's economic reforms and the revolt against Sebastien Pinera's government [in Chile] as well as the Colombian demonstrations," he explains. . "These are all popular movements in many sectors of society with economic demands against center-right governments," he continues.

However, there are special circumstances in some countries, says Alvaro Sierra. As in Bolivia: "The wave of protest follows a presidential election and divided the country," he says.

Another difference, in Colombia. "The demonstrators denounce the non implementation of the peace agreement signed with the Farc in November 2016," he said.