"Hundreds of protesters joined the 'Bolivia is not for sale' rally called by the Bolivian Workers' Central (COB) trade union on Saturday in Cajamarca, demanding the government scrap Decree 5503, which removes fuel subsidies.  Footage shows activists chanting slogans while departing the city with the aim of reaching the seat of the Bolivian government, La Paz, by Monday. Many carried banners and national flags. "How can it be that to save a country's economy, the broken plates, the worst part, have to be paid by us, the great majority of the country, while practically the rich are given tax cuts on large fortunes?" COB Executive Secretary Mario Argollo Mamani questioned. "Mr [Bolivian President] Rodrigo Paz, you have to listen to the Bolivian people. The miners are not playing, the self-convened groups and the social organisations are not playing," another protester, Freddy Rojas, added. The demonstrators plan to arrive in La Paz by Monday before the meeting between union representatives and national authorities. Decree 5503, enacted in December by Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz, introduced new fuel prices, with regular petrol at 6.96 bolivianos per litre ($1.01), premium petrol at 11 bolivianos ($1.59), and diesel at 9.80 bolivianos ($1.42). The government warned that the worker-led mobilisations and allied protests could have a political agenda, a claim rejected by demonstrators. Meanwhile, workers have vowed to continue demonstrations until the decree is repealed. Commenting on Saturday's US strikes on Venezuela, protesters claimed that Washington's main goal is to take hold of the country's 'natural resources'. "He [US President Donald Trump] is committing genocide; he is killing innocent people with the bombings," Andres Paye said. "What the United States does not want is Maduro; what the United States wants are Venezuela's natural resources, and Bolivia's natural resources as well, plainly, and not only the United States, but all those powerful countries." Following the 'large-scale' strikes on Venezuela, Trump claimed his forces had 'captured' President Nicolas Maduro and his wife. US Attorney General Pam Bondi said the Venezuelan leader was charged with a 'narco-terrorism conspiracy' and other drug and weapons charges. Caracas declared a national emergency, condemned 'extremely serious military aggression' and said the US was trying to "seize Venezuela's strategic resources, particularly its oil and minerals". The Venezuelan Vice President Delcy Rodriguez demanded the immediate release of Maduro."