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4 outlets · filed 7 October 2026

Maricarmen, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction shook Spain, has died

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María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.

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What the coverage shows

All five outlets center Maricarmen Abascal’s death and her eviction as the trigger for Spain’s housing protests, with France 24, South China Morning Post and Reuters also linking it to the broader political fallout. Reuters and Al Jazeera frame the item around continuing protests and demands over rents and evictions, while The Guardian US emphasizes Abascal as a symbol of the housing movement. France 24 alone in one extract mentions activists camping in a main Madrid square, and the South China Morning Post alone says thousands demonstrated over her death.

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