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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.