María del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87
Photograph: Europa Press News/Europa Press/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMaricarmen in Madrid in October 2025. The shocking images – showing Abascal being forcibly removed from her home on a stretcher, flanked by protesters and police – swiftly crystallised into anger.About 10,000 people took to the streets of Madrid hours later, wielding signs such as “Shame” and “We’re all Maricarmen”. From Spain’s north to the south, people poured into plazas to protest the suffering wrought by rents that had soared 80% in the span of a decade while house prices had climbed 63%.View image in fullscreenA flyer with an image of María del Carmen Abascal is seen at a vigil in Madrid on 7 October.
- ▪Photograph: Europa Press News/Europa Press/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMaricarmen in Madrid in October 2025.
- ▪The shocking images – showing Abascal being forcibly removed from her home on a stretcher, flanked by protesters and police – swiftly crystallised into anger.About 10,000 people took to the streets of Madrid hours later, wielding signs such
- ▪From Spain’s north to the south, people poured into plazas to protest the suffering wrought by rents that had soared 80% in the span of a decade while house prices had climbed 63%.View image in fullscreenA flyer with an image of María del C
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Maricarmen in Madrid in October 2025. Photograph: Europa Press News/Europa Press/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenMaricarmen in Madrid in October 2025. Photograph: Europa Press News/Europa Press/Getty ImagesSpainMaría del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain’s housing protests, dies aged 87Maricarmen’s eviction from Madrid apartment after over seven decades set off wave of protests against housing crisis ‘Now is the moment’: housing activists at Madrid encampment pin wary hopes on Spain’s early election Ashifa Kassam and Sam Jones in MadridWed 7 Oct 2026 16.57 EDTLast modified on Wed 7 Oct 2026 17.05 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleMaría del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain’s housing crisis, has died.News of her death…
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