Madrid mourns death of evicted pensioner and housing activist
Maricarmen Abascal, a wheelchair-using retiree who became a symbol of Spanish housing protests, has died in the hospital following her eviction. Thousands of mourners marched in Madrid to honor her memory and continue the call for housing reform.
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Madrid mourns evicted retiree, ‘icon’ of Spain housing protests
Maricarmen Abascal, who used a wheelchair, died in hospital two weeks after her eviction from the apartment where she had lived for 70 years.
14 hours agoMadrid mourns evicted retiree, 'icon' of Spain housing protests
Tens of thousands of mourners marched through Madrid on Thursday in tribute to a Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked national housing protests that culminated in the calling of early elections. The death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday produced tears and anger in the Spanish capital's emblematic Puerta del Sol square, the epicentre of the movement where hundreds are camping in protest.
1 hour ago · FRANCE24