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Maricarren, sudden saint

He suffered the martyrdom of those who stoned her for sins than to throw her in the face to drag her through the mud while already in the hospital bed that was to be her deathbed.

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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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Evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies: tenant union

Maricarmen ​Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing ​protests in Spain, has died, Madrid's tenants' union said on Wednesday. Abascal's eviction sparked a series of ​protests ‌across Spain in the past couple ⁠of weeks, including activists camping on one of Madrid's main ‌squares, and calls for tackling a ⁠mounting housing crisis. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.

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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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The elderly of Maricarren

There is something in this woman that has been very little highlighted: her extraordinary agency capacity. Even hospitalized has recorded videos defending their vital positioning and encouraging the struggle