Spain: the death of Maricarmen Abascal, evicted at 87, rekindles anger over the housing crisis

Germany

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Face of the Housing Crisis · 9 of 16 countries

Berlin sees the death of Maricarmen Abascal as a symbol of Spain's visible housing crisis, rather than just an episode in an election campaign.

Argentina

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National Mirror · 1 of 16 countries

Buenos Aires links the death of Maricarmen Abascal to its own reality: local retirees who rent and whose incomes can no longer keep up with the cost of rent.

Belgium

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Face of the Housing Crisis · 9 of 16 countries

Brussels retains from the death of Maricarmen Abascal the image of a symbol: that of a Spanish housing crisis having become a European social fact.

Ecuador

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Face of the Housing Crisis · 9 of 16 countries

Quito remembers Maricarmen Abascal's death as the face of an octogenarian who became a symbol of the right to decent housing, far more than the debate on the economic causes of the Spanish crisis.

Spain

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Institutional and Electoral Reading · 6 of 16 countries

Madrid is taking a political hit: Maricarmen's death is being blamed on Parliament, which rejected the "Maricarmen decree", just seven weeks before early elections and five weeks before a general strike.

France

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Face of the Housing Crisis · 9 of 16 countries

Paris remembers the death of Maricarmen Abascal as the face of a social crisis: an 87-year-old retiree who became a symbol of housing that has become inaccessible to Spaniards.

Hungary

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Face of the Housing Crisis · 9 of 16 countries

Budapest is holding the fate of an octogenarian who has become a symbol of the Spanish housing protests, a story largely relayed by MTI agency dispatches and the BBC.

Italy

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Face of the Housing Crisis · 9 of 16 countries

Rome remembers the face more than the case: the Italian press has made Maricarmen Abascal the symbol of a Spain that has taken to the streets for the right to housing.

Mexico

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Face of the Housing Crisis · 9 of 16 countries

Mexico City first remembers the figure of an octogenarian who became a symbol of the fight against evictions, and treats her death as a social drama more than a Spanish electoral issue.

Peru

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Institutional and Electoral Reading · 6 of 16 countries

Lima remembers the death of Maricarmen Abascal as a symbol: that of an octogenarian who was evicted, whose image set Spain ablaze and precipitated early elections.

Poland

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Institutional and Electoral Reading · 6 of 16 countries

Warsaw recalls that the death of Maricarmen Abascal is the link that leads from her eviction to the early Spanish elections on November 29, housing becoming the country's political issue.

Portugal

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Face of the Housing Crisis · 9 of 16 countries

Lisbon retains from the death of Maricarmen Abascal the image of an octogenarian who became a symbol of the struggle for housing, relayed mainly by the street protests in Madrid.

Romania

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Face of the Housing Crisis · 9 of 16 countries

Bucharest is following the fate of an octogenarian who has become a symbol of the Spanish housing crisis, mainly by relaying dispatches from AP and the BBC.

Singapore

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Institutional and Electoral Reading · 6 of 16 countries

Singapore takes note of the death of Maricarmen Abascal as a pivotal moment in Spanish politics: a death that puts housing at the center of the snap elections on November 29.

Sweden

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Institutional and Electoral Reading · 6 of 16 countries

Stockholm takes away from this death the political fallout: an expulsion that has become a symbol, followed by early elections called by Pedro Sánchez for November 29.

Venezuela

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Institutional and Electoral Reading · 6 of 16 countries

Caracas links the death of Maricarmen Abascal to the Spanish political chain of events: decrees repealed by Congress, early elections announced by Pedro Sánchez, housing becoming an issue of power.