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See you later, Maricarren.

The 87-year-old woman was taken on a stretcher, as a war victim, but every day evictions are carried out in less photogenic neighborhoods without an eyebrow moving

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The eviction of a 87-year-old wheelchair retiree exposes the housing crisis in Spain

Maricarren Abascal, a 87-year-old retired, was unable to leave her own foot of a house she had occupied in Madrid since she was 16. Confinished to a wheelchair, she had half an hour to gather her essential belongings before being evicted on a stretcher by police officers who executed an eviction ordered by a court. The case of the octogenaria has again highlighted the real estate drama of Spain.

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The symbol of a broken right

Maricarren Abascal, evicted at the age of 87 by an investment fund, puts face and name to the drama of housing in Spain

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