Evicted pensioner who sparked Spain housing protests dies: tenant union
Maricarmen โAbascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction sparked housing โprotests in Spain, has died, Madrid's tenants' union said on Wednesday. Abascal's eviction sparked a series of โprotests โacross Spain in the past couple โ of weeks, including activists camping on one of Madrid's main โsquares, and calls for tackling a โ mounting housing crisis. FRANCE 24's Sarah Morris reports from Madrid.