If Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez still has a shot at staying in power, it is partly because of a woman known as Maricarmen who died on Wednesday. Sánchez this week called snap elections following nationwide protests over the country’s housing crisis. María del Carmen Abascal became the face of that crisis last month, when she was evicted from her flat in Madrid after a court order. Cameras rolled as she was carried away on a stretcher, prompting instant public outrage. Spain’s housing crisis had bubbled under the surface—with acute housing shortages causing prices to skyrocket—but it was the Maricarmen…

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