The most popular way out is through the Colombian border city of Cúcuta. Now women and children, the sick and the elderly also are taking their chances, expanding an exodus that already is one of the biggest mass migrations in modern history. The departure of the caminantes, or walkers, began slowly in 2017 with young men hoping to find jobs and send money home. But finally they too began to exit Venezuela. They stayed as the economy collapsed, food got scarcer, medicine shortages turned deadly and the electricity cut out for days at a time. They went on buses, sometimes riding for days across several countries. They wired their savings abroad and hopped on international flights.
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