Maricarmen Abascal faced four eviction attempts, and the last one succeeded. It happened two weeks ago. The 87-year-old woman left her Retiro home in a wheelchair; she had lived there for almost her entire life. Once outside, she was helped onto a stretcher and taken to Gregorio Marañón Hospital. She died there on Wednesday.

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When news of the death of Maricarmen Abascal began to spread through the protest camp in Madrid’s Puerta del Sol, many at first dismissed it as a cruel joke. But as the reports gained traction and mobile phones lit up inside and outside the tents, disbelief gave way to shock, and then anger. Meanwhile, as birds sense a storm before it breaks, police officers were already taking up positions, alert to what the death of such an emblematic figure might mean. Sirens never bring good news.

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AF! Maricarmen Abascal, de 87 anos, morreu esta quarta-feira no Hospital Gregorio Marañón, em Madrid, cerca de duas semanas depois de ter sido despejada da casa onde viveu durante cerca de sete décadas. A morte foi confirmada pelo Sindicato de Inquilinas. O despejo e o acordo Maricarmen foi desalojada em 23 de setembro da sua […]