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The elderly Spanish woman who brought a government to its knees

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Maricarmen, minutes before being evicted, on 23 September, 2026 in Madrid, Spain. Maricarmen, an 87-year-old resident of Madrid???s Retiro neighbourhood, faces a fourth and final attempt at eviction this Wednesday, the 23rd, from the house where she has lived for more than seven decades, at number 46 Calle Alcalde Sainz de Baranda. Maricarmen???s case has become one of the symbols of the struggle for access to housing in Madrid. Maricarmen???s father signed a tenancy agreement for that property in 1956 and, following his death, the agreement was transferred to his wife and subsequently passed on to Maricarmen. (Photo By Fernando Sanchez/Europa Press via Getty Images)
Maricarmen Abascal has become the face of the housing protests, pictured just minutes before being evicted in Madrid, Spain.
(Picture: Europa Press)

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