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Evicted 87-year-old who became a symbol of Spain’s housing crisis has died

By Ivana Kottasová, Pau Mosquera, Vasco Cotovio, CNN (CNN) — Maria del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction from her Madrid home sparked a government crisis in Spain, has died, the Madrid Tenants’ Union announced on Tuesday. Known in Spain simply as Maricarmen, she died just week...

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