@btnewsroom: #BREAKING | Thousands of protesters in Madrid are marching to Spain's Congress after the news broke that 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal passed away in the hospital. For the past six years, Maricarmen had been resisting attempts to evict her from her home where she lived for over 70 years. She had become a symbol of the struggle for housing in Spain, after she was forcibly removed from her apartment on September 23. Her violent eviction only intensified protests and organizers also set up an encampment at 'Sol', in Madrid's city center, to push for demands like a ban on eviction of vulnerable tenants where alternative housing is not available; a limit to short-term and room rentals; a rent freeze; and an extension for contracts ending in 2026 and 2027. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez had attempted to push through some modest housing reforms in parliament but both were defeated by the right. Now, Spain will head to snap elections in November.

clubkids2001 :

If extreme greed kills how is it not illegal?

Chekka 🇸🇽 :

If the system is cruel, you have to change the system.

Sweetheart :

The company that evicted should be held accountable for her death

DemSocio :

Capitalism is a Global problem. We need a global solution (workers unite)

🤷 :

Wait SHE PASSED AWAY??? 😟. Oh heck there needs to be serious change EVERYWHERE. What tf 😡

DCL.Vigilante :

Rest in peace love from London 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸

Zahara Letal :

Real estate speculation is a cancer, it’s like colonization.

Tabitha :

We are one human race manipulated by greed and entitlement

Jane Martha Harido :

The cruelty, OMG 😔

Carlos's Ding-Dong Delights :

when will me make greed illegal

mine🦩 :

housing is for living and not for profit. may she rest in peace.

Jon Kidd :

There was a time when property ownership was the exception not the norm and in those times houses were homes not investments. So a single income family could live comfortably, they weren’t affluent but they were not in the sort of financial stress that most people experience today. Outside of large country estates the vast majority of people rented. We’ve had centuries of inventions of labour saving devices and we are more time poor than we’ve ever been.

( Lilly) :

oh no poor lady !!!!!

TypicalGhost :

dying weeks after being evicted from a home she'd had like half her life, the people in charge of that are evil

Pluts31zod :

Very sad

360 :

RIP Mrs Maria Carmen 🙏🏽

Siham :

me da pena que haya tenido que pasar por un desahucio en sus últimos días ☹️😢

AnotherPersective2.0 :

When have we become a world when we have no empathy for our vulnerable people especially those that paid the most into the system raised the next taxpayers and then the next Good for those young that are fighting for their future wellbeing

Sarah :

I am sure she is so grateful and watching over all of you. 🙏🌈✨

Ester_sinhache :

Liliana :

Oh goodness - this is incredibly sad 😔 poor lady RIP 🕊 😢 💔 The system is starting to come crashing down ...

FluffytheVampireslayer :

OMG

Space Lord :

😳 RIP

ArriCa :

so sad 😭 RIP

Full Monty :