Images showing 87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal being carried out of her home on a stretcher, surrounded by police and demonstrators, have triggered widespread outrage in Spain. The elderly woman had resided in the property for 70 years before the eviction.
The incident served as a catalyst for immediate civil unrest. Approximately 10,000 people gathered in Madrid on Wednesday to protest, holding signs that read “Shame” and demanding the removal of “vulture funds.” The demonstrations were not confined to the capital; citizens from the northern to the southern regions of the country flooded public plazas, calling for a comprehensive national evaluation of housing accessibility.
Vulture funds again? How is this legal? Someone needs to regulate these investment groups before more innocent people suffer.
I didn’t know the protests spread to the south too. Seems like this is bigger than just one eviction case now.
This breaks my heart. An 87-year-old on a stretcher? We are failing our elderly. The government must act now.