Thousands march in Madrid to protest Spain’s housing crisis after eviction of 87-year-old woman
- On Sunday, around 150 tents filled Puerta del Sol in Madrid as protesters established an encampment following Saturday's mass housing demonstration over Spain's rental crisis.
- Last Wednesday's eviction of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old woman from her Retiro flat after 70 years, triggered the nationwide protests now known as the "Maricarmen effect."
- The Madrid Tenants' Union spokesperson Gonzalo explained the protest seeks "structural changes" so housing "is treated as a basic necessity and not as a financial asset."
- Podemos secretary-general Ione Belarra demanded the "strongest possible decree," while Tenants' Union spokesperson Alicia warned the Executive "makes no sense at all" if it fails to act Tuesday.
- The encampment echoes the 15 March 2011 Madrid camp that sparked the 15-M movement; Podemos founder Pablo Iglesias hopes this protest spreads across Spain, comparing Maricarmen to Rosa Parks.
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87-year-old’s eviction sparks encampment in Madrid plaza to protest housing crisis
Protesters outraged by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman spent the night camped in Madrid’s historic Puerta del Sol plaza, where more people — including multigenerational families — joined them Sunday.
87-year-old's eviction sparks encampment in Madrid plaza to prote
MADRID (AP) — Protesters outraged by the eviction of an 87-year-old woman spent the night camped in Madrid’s historic Puerta del Sol plaza, where more people — including multigenerational families — joined them Sunday for a second
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…
In response to his expulsion by the authorities, thousands of people marched to Madrid and camped in the Puerta del Sol Square.
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…
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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