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María del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked nationwide protests across Spain and unleashed a political crisis, died on Wednesday while hospitalized.
Sympathizers with Maricarmen’s cause left candles, flowers and letters overnight at an impromptu shrine in Madrid’s central Puerta del Sol, where around 1,000 people have camped to protest Spain’s housing affordability crisis.
The 87-year-old woman was evicted two weeks ago and died this Wednesday at Gregorio Marañón Hospital