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"You cannot evict a memory": Spain marches in memory of Maricarren Abascal

In Madrid, marches and homenajes continue in memory of Maricarren Abascal, the retired woman whose eviction ignited protests for housing in Spain. At the Puerta del Sol, where hundreds of people camp to make their claims visible, small tributes have been raised with flowers, candles and messages for Maricarsen. Meanwhile, political opposition sectors refused to observe a minute of silence for 87-year-old women. From the ground, our correspondent Marina Colorado tells us more.

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Maricarren Abascal died, an evicted woman who became a symbol of the struggle for housing

Maricarren Abascal, the 87-year-old retired woman whose eviction in Madrid has made her a symbol of the recent mass protests over the housing crisis in Spain, died on Wednesday, October 7, as confirmed by the Inquillinas Union. Without wishing to do so, women had become the most recent face in the struggle for greater protection of tenants and for actions against property speculation.

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Maricarren, the black ball of Spain

Nothing will be the same in the sleepwalking romance of this dormant society that they have been lynching on the basis of rents, mortgages and evictions without logic or ethics.

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The "tropicalization" of the Mediterranean: did a mini-hurricane occur in Catalonia?

The weather agency of Spain explains that one of the reasons for the rains that hit the east of the country at the beginning of October was a phenomenon that shares similarities with a cyclone like those that usually exist in the Atlantic and, to this end, the increase in sea temperature is fundamental. In addition to the torrential rains, a DANA arrived from Portugal.

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Maricarren Abascal, the retired woman whose eviction ignited protests for housing in Spain

The Inquillin Union confirmed the death of the 87-year-old woman, who had been hospitalized since her eviction on 23 September. His expulsion from the apartment he had lived in for over seven decades caused a wave of protests and pressure on the leadership to implement measures against the housing crisis. "We will continue to fight, as you always wanted," the organization said.

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Spanish trade unions call for a general housing strike on November 11

The call of the housing unions for a general strike in Spain has been well received by the general unions and labour organizations, who have agreed to convene it for November 11, two weeks before the early general elections. The 24-hour protest will be the first job stop supported by the majority trade unions in 14 years.

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Sánchez is playing it in the polls: will she survive other early elections?

Pedro Sánchez has advanced the general elections of Spain to November 29, nine months ahead of schedule. It is the third time in the last eight years that this strategy has been used in the midst of strong political pressure. Will Sanchez once again survive the ballot box and continue to head the government? Or could the electoral advance this time change the course of the Iberian country? We analyzed it in France 24.