{"id":385983,"date":"2026-10-08T16:01:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-10-08T16:01:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T15:01:13","slug":"fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain&#8217;s housing crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_3iV7KQnGkU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing crisis\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_3iV7KQnGkU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain\u2019s housing crisis, has died. About 10,000 people took to the streets of Madrid wielding signs such as &#8216;Shame&#8217; and &#8216;We\u2019re all Maricarmen&#8217;. The pensioner, whose apartment had been bought by an investment firm that sought to raise her rent by 230%, swiftly became a symbol of Spain\u2019s housing crisis after her forced eviction in September <\/p>\n<p> Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, symbol of Spain\u2019s housing protests, dies aged 87<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mar\u00eda del Carmen Abascal, the 87-year-old woman whose eviction set off a nationwide wave of protests against Spain\u2019s housing crisis, has died. About 10,000 people took to the streets of Madrid wielding signs such as &#8216;Shame&#8217; and &#8216;We\u2019re all Maricarmen&#8217;. The pensioner, whose apartment had been bought by an investment firm that sought to raise [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":385984,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128995],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-385983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardian-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain&#039;s housing crisis | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain&#039;s housing crisis for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain&#039;s housing crisis | News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Watch Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain&#039;s housing crisis for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"News ISC Videos\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-08T15:01:13+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_3iV7KQnGkU\/hqdefault.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"headline\":\"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain&#8217;s housing crisis\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-08T15:01:13+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":102,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-1183.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Guardian News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/\",\"name\":\"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing crisis | News ISC Videos\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-1183.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-08T15:01:13+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\"},\"description\":\"Watch Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing crisis for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-1183.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/hqdefault-1183.jpg\",\"width\":480,\"height\":360},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain&#8217;s housing crisis\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/\",\"name\":\"News ISC Videos\",\"description\":\"Bringing Global News Videos To You\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.tidyhosts.com\\\/videos\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.newsisc.com\\\/videos\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing crisis | News ISC Videos","description":"Watch Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing crisis for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing crisis | News ISC Videos","og_description":"Watch Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing crisis for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/","og_site_name":"News ISC Videos","article_published_time":"2026-10-08T15:01:13+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/_3iV7KQnGkU\/hqdefault.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"headline":"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain&#8217;s housing crisis","datePublished":"2026-10-08T15:01:13+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/"},"wordCount":102,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-1183.jpg","articleSection":["Guardian News"],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/","name":"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing crisis | News ISC Videos","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-1183.jpg","datePublished":"2026-10-08T15:01:13+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061"},"description":"Watch Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain's housing crisis for free, here on News ISC. Discover more great videos on our website and be part of the community.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-1183.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/hqdefault-1183.jpg","width":480,"height":360},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/fresh-protests-sweep-madrid-after-death-of-maricarmen-symbol-of-spains-housing-crisis\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Fresh protests sweep Madrid after death of Maricarmen, symbol of Spain&#8217;s housing crisis"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/","name":"News ISC Videos","description":"Bringing Global News Videos To You","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/#\/schema\/person\/b607dad6f0ffe6ee238615dd31287061","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cecb3968611acb579da5ca8d12661721d52793a03c59eda301c939b204a5bfea?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.tidyhosts.com\/videos"],"url":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=385983"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/385983\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/385984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=385983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=385983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=385983"},{"taxonomy":"actors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/actors?post=385983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}