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Thousands march in Madrid to protest Spain’s housing crisis after eviction of 87-year-old woman

  • Protesters camped in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol after the eviction of 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal, drawing more participants, including families, for a second day.
  • Tens of thousands marched to demand tenant protections, anti-fraud rules, and a ban on evictions without alternative housing.
  • The Madrid Tenants’ Union said Abascal’s rent rose from 500 euros to 2,650 euros before falling to 1,650 euros, which she could not afford on her pension.
  • Alicia del Río said protesters would remain until new laws were passed and planned to camp at least until the next cabinet meeting.
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The crisis in Spain's housing has taken on a spectacular turn, with protesters occupying a market in Madrid from Saturday evening to demand increased protection for tenants, after the evacuation, Wednesday, of an 80-year-old woman, an event that has stirred up emotion throughout the country, France Presse transmits. "We are all Maricarmen, "No other Maricarmen: ...

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Madrid. Under the “Maricarmen, not one more”, in reference to the octogenarian Maricarmen Abascal, which had been its 70th home, years after being acquired by a vulture fund, tens of thousands of people traveled in the center of Madrid with shouts against the right-wing governments of the Community of Madrid and the city council, but also to demand that the Spanish government, presided over by the socialist Pedro Sánchez, take urgent measures to…

·Mexico
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In response to his expulsion by the authorities, thousands of people marched to Madrid and camped in the Puerta del Sol Square.

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Protesters have been occupying a square in Madrid since Saturday night to demand better housing conditions, after the expulsion of an octogenarian on Wednesday that has sparked the havoc throughout the countryThe housing crisis in Spain has taken a spectacular turn, with the occupation since Saturday night by protestors of a square in Madrid to demand better protections for tenants. "We are all Maricarmen", "More than one Maricarmen": on the Pue…

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Some hundreds of people spent the last night camping in tents in the central Puerta del Sol in Madrid, at the end of the demonstration to protest against the eviction of Maricarmen, the invalid "87-year-old" removed from his home in the Retiro district after 71 years, became a symbol of the housing crisis in Spain, and demand approval in the next [...] L'articolo Hundreds of protesters camped in Puerta del Sol for the right to the house: the pro…

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El Debate broke the news in Madrid, Spain on Friday, September 25, 2026.
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