Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old Spanish woman whose dramatic eviction last month sparked mass housing protests that led to the announcement of an early election, has died, the Madrid tenants' union said, as ‌thousands demonstrated over her death ▻ ↧ Spanish woman whose eviction ignited housing protests dies at 87 Maricarmen Abascal, the 87-year-old Spanish woman whose dramatic eviction last month sparked ​mass housing protests that led to an early election, has died.