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Maricarmen Abascal, who became a symbol of the fight for housing after her eviction, has died. Candles and flowers at Maricarmen’s home, October 7, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. Maricarmen Abascal, who became a symbol of the housing rights movement that led to the Puerta del Sol encampment after being evicted from the home in Retiro where she had lived for 70 years, died on Wednesday, as confirmed by the Tenants’ Union. The woman had been hospitalized at Gregorio Maranón Hospital since September 23. On that day, she was carried out on a stretcher from her home on Alcalde Sainz de Baranda Street after the eviction order was enforced, despite protests from dozens of activists, and transferred to the Madrid hospital due to her fragile health. OCTOB

Maricarmen Abascal, who became a symbol of the fight for housing after her eviction, has died. Candles and flowers at Maricarmen’s home, October 7, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. Maricarmen Abascal, who became a symbol of the housing rights movement that led to the Puerta del Sol encampment after being evicted from the home in Retiro where she had lived for 70 years, died on Wednesday, as confirmed by the Tenants’ Union. The woman had been hospitalized at Gregorio Maranón Hospital since September 23. On that day, she was carried out on a stretcher from her home on Alcalde Sainz de Baranda Street after the eviction order was enforced, despite protests from dozens of activists, and transferred to the Madrid hospital due to her fragile health. OCTOB

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Maricarmen Abascal, who became a symbol of the fight for housing after her eviction, has died. Candles and flowers at Maricarmen’s home, October 7, 2026, in Madrid, Spain. Maricarmen Abascal, who became a symbol of the housing rights movement that led to the Puerta del Sol encampment after being evicted from the home in Retiro where she had lived for 70 years, died on Wednesday, as confirmed by the Tenants’ Union. The woman had been hospitalized at Gregorio Maranón Hospital since September 23. On that day, she was carried out on a stretcher from her home on Alcalde Sainz de Baranda Street after the eviction order was enforced, despite protests from dozens of activists, and transferred to the Madrid hospital due to her fragile health. OCTOB

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