ALJAZEERA: Venezuelan migrants and refugees: Blackout was 'last straw' →

For months, Ismar Tobar had considered leaving Venezuela with her family, but they'd put it off. When the country went dark on Thursday, it "was the last straw", she said.

Ismar Tobar, 31, surrounded by her family and suitcases, waiting for transport into Cucuta city by the border [Steven Grattan/Al Jazeera]