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POLITICS● ELEVATED3h ago · Oct 7, 2026, 6:40 PM

Maricarmen Abascal, the woman who had been evicted and sparked a wave of housing protests in Spain, has died

Clarín · western europe

She was 87 years old. She had been forced to leave her apartment in the Retiro neighborhood, from where she was taken out on a stretcher. Her case generated a wave of demonstrations that led to an early call for national elections by Pedro Sánchez.

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