Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies, union says

An elderly woman whose eviction sparked nationwide protests over Spains housing crisis and a political row that triggered early elections has died, according to Madrids tenants union. Maricarmen Abascal, 87, was forcibly removed on a stretcher from her apartment of more than 70 years on 23 September after she was unable to afford rent increases. [...] The post Spanish pensioner whose eviction sparked nationwide protests dies, union says appeared first on Kahawatungu.