SocietyMaricarmen Abascal, evicted pensioner at heart of Spain housing protests, dies

Madrid's tenants' union said Wednesday that 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal had died. Her eviction sparked massive housing protests that grew into a political crisis and eventually led Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez to call a snap election.

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