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Paris at the Puerta del Sol
A society that leaves its young people unimaginable within ten years is drying the source from which democracy has been drinking since its birth
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Madrid mourns evicted retiree, 'icon' of Spain housing protests
Tens of thousands of mourners marched through Madrid on Thursday in tribute to a Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked national housing protests that culminated in the calling of early elections. The death of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal on Wednesday produced tears and anger in the Spanish capital's emblematic Puerta del Sol square, the epicentre of the movement where hundreds are camping in protest.
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A march in honor of Maricarsen travels Madrid: "They are not deaths, they are murders!"
Some 20,000 people have left the Puerta del Sol for the house of which the 87-year-old woman was evicted two weeks ago.
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From the Puerta del Sol to the house of Maricarsen: this is the way the march has taken place
The protesters have traveled the streets of Madrid to pay tribute to the 87-year-old woman who became a symbol of the struggle for housing in Spain
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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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Maricarmen's death in Madrid, a "murder due to real estate speculation"
Maricarmen, whose expulsion led to a citizen movement against the housing crisis in Spain, died at the hospital on Wednesday, reports France 24 correspondent in Madrid, Maude Petit-Jové. The demonstrators, gathered on the Puerta del Sol to denounce real estate speculation, learned this in the middle of AG. After a minute of silence, they denounced "murders." The movement continues: the general strike is scheduled for 11 November.
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Justice again rejects the eviction of the Puerta del Sol because there is no "inactivity" of the government delegation
State Attorney argued that evacuating the square may be "more harmful" than allowing settlement
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Vulture background, tourists and impossible rentals: what kind of city do we want?
The camp in the Puerta del Sol and other capitals has triggered a political earthquake and focused on the house and the city model. Social movements report that the cities are becoming a mix of shopping and resort. The idea of the 'right to the city' of French sociologist Henri Lefevbre makes sense: the city is one of the people who live in it.
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Spain: camping in Madrid is maintained after Congress's rejection of housing decrees
The Madrid Puerta del Sol camp will continue after Congress rejected the two government-driven decrees to face the housing crisis on Friday, a spokesman for the Inquillinas Union announced. The Junts, PP and Vox parties had already anticipated that they would vote against the measures.
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'La Bohème 'at the Puerta del Sol
The Ayuso who made fun of Maricarren Abascal would also celebrate these young people who get away from the rent and laugh at the stupid character of the landlord
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Spain: Government drives new decrees to face housing crisis
After days of protests and mobilizations in the Puerta del Sol in the case of Maricarren, the Government adopted two housing decrees that include the extension of protection against certain evictions until 2030, the regulation of seasonal and room rentals, and measures to stop the speculative purchase of housing by so-called "vulture funds" until 2028. In addition, there is an automatic renewal of some rental contracts and other measures in favour of tenants. Now, the decrees must be validated by Congress in a plenary session.
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What does the Puerta del Sol camp look like 15 years ago?
"No house, no work, no pension, no fear" was one of the slogans that in 2011 starred in the 15-M movement, in the camp that lasted almost a month
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Ten ways to suffer real estate speculation: camping faces in Sol
The campsites spend their third night at the Puerta del Sol. Some arrived in the last few hours from different points in Madrid or outside the Community while others resist from the first night, even teleworking
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The signs of the camp at Puerta del Sol, in images
Lemas, banners and handwritten messages reflect the unease about the housing situation in Spain
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The massive protests in Madrid against the housing crisis triggered by the eviction of old Maricarren
Hundreds of people spent the night in the square after a protest motivated by the eviction of Maricarsen, a 87-year-old woman who was evicted from the rental house in Madrid.
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"The wave of rage is unstoppable": the camp for the house is installed in the heart of Madrid
The Madrid Union of Inquillins and Inquillines raises the tents at the central Puerta del Sol as a measure of pressure against the central government to approve the "Mari Carmen Decree," which seeks to establish indefinite rental contracts, freeze rental prices and impose a moratorium on evictions. The protest broke out after the eviction of an octogenary, which has become a symbol of the housing crisis in Spain.
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Protesters continue to camp for the housing crisis at Puerta del Sol: "It is being a wave of organized rage"
The Inquillinas union in Madrid highlights the solidarity between the campsites and has prepared activities such as workshops, debates and assemblies: "Today we go back to night"
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"To the end, companions": Sun recamped 15 years after 15-M
The protest for the eviction of Maricarren leads to a camp at Puerta del Sol, where protesters demand the Government to adopt a new housing decree
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The Government opens the door to extend the anti-crisis shield to the rise of inflation
Carlos Corpo ensures in a meeting with the social partners that "especially the most affected professional sectors," such as transport and agri-food, will be addressed