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Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction triggered major protests, has died in hospital, lawyer says

The 87-year-old whose eviction sparked a domestic crisis and triggered nationwide anti-government protests has died in hospital late on Wednesday. Protesters say they will continue to demonstrate to uphold her legacy.

Muere Maricarmen

Oct 8, 2026 · byEuronews

María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87

Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis ‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain’s housing crisis, has died. News of her death came two weeks after Maricarmen, as she had come to be known across Spain, was evicted from the Madrid apartment where she had lived for more than seven decades. Continue reading...

Estado español Madrid María del Carmen Abascal

Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Guardian

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.

Estado español Madrid Muere Maricarmen

Oct 7, 2026 · byFrance 24

Maricarmen Abascal, whose eviction sparked major protests in Spain, dies aged 87

Maricarmen, as she was known, had been hospitalized since she was carried out on a stretcher from the apartment where she had lived for seven decades

Estado español Maricarmen Abascal Muere Maricarmen

Oct 7, 2026 · byThe Independent

‘Maricarmen,’ Whose Eviction Enraged Spaniards, Dies at 87

María del Carmen Abascal, aged and ailing, became a symbol of the country’s housing crisis when she was evicted two weeks ago, prompting mass protests and triggering national elections.

María del Carmen Abascal Muere Maricarmen

Oct 7, 2026 · byThe New York Times

Evicted pensioner Maricarmen Abascal, heart of Spain's housing protests, dies

Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing protests in Spain, has died, Madrid's tenants' union said on Wednesday. Massive protests following Abascal's eviction spiralled into a political crisis, eventually leading Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call a snap election.

Estado español Madrid Maricarmen Abascal

Oct 7, 2026 · byFrance 24

Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing protests, dies

The 87-year-old woman had withstood four eviction attempts in the past decade. In a final message from her hospital bed, she urged protesters: "Fight!"

Estado español Muere Maricarmen

Oct 7, 2026 · byEuronews

How an 87-year-old Spanish woman became the face of the fight for affordable housing – explainer

María del Carmen Abascal, 87, was evicted from her home, on a stretcher, after being given 30 minutes to gather her belongings. The Guardian's European community affairs correspondent, Ashifa Kassam, explains how her eviction sparked protests across Madrid, which led to 'Maricarmen' becoming the symbol of a long-running housing rights movement Eviction of 87-year-old puts Spain’s deepening housing crisis in the spotlight Continue reading...

Estado español Madrid María del Carmen Abascal

Oct 3, 2026 · byThe Guardian

Fact check: What's going on with Spain's 'Maricarmen' housing protests?

Spanish protests against the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen have led to misleading claims about Spain's housing activists and the wider rental crisis.

Estado español Muere Maricarmen

Oct 2, 2026 · byEuronews

Evicted Spanish pensioner to return home, lawyer says

Maricarmen, who is 87 years old, became a symbol of the housing crisis in Spain after she was evicted last week from the apartment she had lived in for decades.

Estado español Muere Maricarmen

Sep 29, 2026 · byDeutsche Welle

Spain's housing crisis: Key points after the Maricarmen protests

Maricarmen's eviction has brought thousands onto the streets, reigniting concern over access to housing in Spain as prices soar, rents rise and supply trails demand.

Estado español Muere Maricarmen

Sep 28, 2026 · byEuronews

Spain's housing crisis: key points after protests over Maricarmen

The eviction of Maricarmen has brought thousands onto the streets, reigniting debate on housing access in Spain as prices soar and supply lags behind.

Estado español Muere Maricarmen

Sep 28, 2026 · byEuronews

Watch: mass Madrid protests over Maricarmen eviction and housing crisis

Protesters in Madrid have spent a second night camping in Puerta del Sol, turning the capital’s main square into a makeshift housing protest camp after the eviction of 87-year-old María del Carmen Abascal, widely known as “Maricarmen”.

Madrid Muere Maricarmen Regina Maria

Sep 27, 2026 · byEuronews

Sánchez vows to pass housing decree on Tuesday amid outrage over Maricarmen eviction

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has pledged to approve a housing decree on Tuesday following the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen from her home of 70 years, as protesters camp in Madrid's Puerta del Sol demanding stronger protections against evictions.

Madrid Muere Maricarmen Pedro Sánchez

Sep 27, 2026 · byEuronews

Protesters camp in Madrid in demonstration against Spain' housing crisis

Around 150 tents now occupy Madrid's Puerta del Sol after Saturday's protest over 87-year-old Maricarmen's eviction. Protesters, mobilised by the Tenants' Union, demand a housing decree on Tuesday: "Either rentierism falls or the government".

Estado español Madrid Muere Maricarmen

Sep 27, 2026 · byEuronews

Maricarmen Vs The ‘Vultures’: A “social tragedy” mobilising Spaniards

Protests are ongoing in Madrid right now, with many demonstrators holding signs and banners that read “Maricarmen vs the Vultures”. “Maricarmen, you are not alone.” Or “Ni una Maricarmen más.” Not one more Maricarmen.

Madrid Muere Maricarmen

Sep 26, 2026 · byFrance 24

Elderly woman, 89, evicted from Madrid home after several decades as protesters clash with police

Supporters outside her home chanted ‘Maricarmen, you're not alone!’ and ‘Murderers!’

Madrid Muere Maricarmen

Sep 25, 2026 · byThe Independent

Forced eviction of 87-year-old 'Maricarmen' despite UN appeal causes outrage in Spain

María del Carmen Abascal had lived in her flat on Sainz de Baranda Street since 1956. Madrid’s Tenants' Union and the UN had opposed the decision to evict her.

Estado español Madrid María del Carmen Abascal

Sep 23, 2026 · byEuronews

Dramatic eviction of woman aged 87 highlights Spain's housing shortage

The tenant of the flat in Madrid, Maricarmen, was unable to pay the rent set by the firm which recently bought it.

Estado español Madrid Muere Maricarmen

Sep 23, 2026 · byBBC

Police use teargas on protesters as disabled woman, 87, evicted from Madrid home

Housing rights campaigners decry landlord’s ‘barbaric behaviour’ after apartment Maricarmen had lived in for 71 years was bought by a developer There were violent scenes in Madrid on Wednesday as riot police fought with protesters trying to prevent the eviction of a disabled 87-year-old woman from her apartment in the El Retiro district of the city. Hundreds of protesters had gathered, many of them overnight, in an effort to block the fourth attempt to carry out the eviction. Activists from the Madrid and Barcelona tenants’ union, and celebrities including the actor Carlos Bardem and the singer and actor Ana Belén, also joined the protest. Continue reading...

Barcelona Madrid Muere Maricarmen

Sep 23, 2026 · byThe Guardian