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Tens of thousands march in Madrid to mourn pensioner whose eviction sparked housing protests
Tens of thousands of protesters joined a march in Madrid Thursday to mark the death of 87-year-old retiree Maricarmen Abascal, whose eviction from her apartment in the Spanish capital in September sparked a wave of housing protests that prompted the government to call early elec…
By FRANCE 24
Tens of thousands of protesters joined a march in Madrid on Thursday to mark the death of Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old retiree.
Abascal was evicted from her apartment in the Spanish capital in September, according to the supplied account. Her eviction sparked a wave of housing protests.
The protests prompted the government to call early elections.
