Spain: the death of Maricarmen Abascal, evicted at 87, rekindles anger over the housing crisis
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PortugalLisbon 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.
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opposition
SpainMadrid 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.
- Portugal
Human angle
the narrative puts the personal figure of the deceased at the forefront, more than the mechanisms of the rental market.
What the account puts first
SpainPartisan
the report attributes the rejection of the decree to PP, Vox, and Junts, and contrasts the attitude of the right after the death, without taking up the version of these parties.
Emphasis on the union
several texts centrally quote the voice of the Sindicato de Inquilinas, a party involved in the case.
- Portugal
Reliance on the union
the announcement of the death and the quotes come from the Tenants' Union, without any other institutional voice in the excerpt.
What it leans on
Portugal onlySpainthis perspective does not carry this information