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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PolandWarsaw 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
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
PolandSymbolic
the narrative presents the case as a symbol of a national crisis and a political upheaval.
- 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.
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PolandReliance on a foreign outlet
the union is quoted according to the BBC, with no direct Spanish source.