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Spain mourns Maricarmen Abascal, whose eviction sparked housing protests

France 248 October 2026, 20:35 UTCSpain

Protests and anger have grown across Spain after the death of an 87-year-old woman in the wake of her eviction from her home. Maricarmen Abascal was thrown out of her home of seven decades in what became the "cause celebre" of Spain's housing crisis. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.

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