{
  "id": 12721516,
  "title": "Maricarmen Abascal, eviction symbol, dies at 87 days after being promised a return home",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/maricarmen-abascal-eviction-symbol-dies-at-87-days-after-being",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T21:58:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Euro Weekly News",
    "slug": "euro-weekly-news",
    "url": "https://euroweeklynews.com/2026/10/07/maricarmen-abascal-eviction-symbol-dies-at-87-days-after-being-promised-a-return-home/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Madrid resident Maricarmen Abascal, an 87-year-old pensioner, has died after being evicted from the home she had lived in for nearly seven decades. Following her eviction in August, Abascal underwent a two-week hospital stay but never returned to her apartment. Her death has intensified protests across Spain over housing issues, with demonstrators calling her untimely passing a \"murder.\" Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez expressed condolences, but her lawyer Beatriz Duro has accused government officials of her deteriorating health. The protests surrounding Abascal's eviction have expanded into a broader critique of Spain's housing crisis, leading to calls for government intervention and early elections.",
  "summary": "Imagine being 87 years old, being forced from your home on a stretcher, spending the next two weeks in hospital […]",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}