目前马德里正在进行抗议活动，许多示威者手举标语和横幅，上面写着“马里卡门对决秃鹫”。“马里卡门，你并不孤单。”或者“Ni una Maricarmen más。”不再有另一个马里卡门。
Protests are ongoing in Madrid right now, with many demonstrators holding signs and banners that read “Maricarmen vs the Vultures”. “Maricarmen, you are not alone.” Or “Ni una Maricarmen más.” Not one more Maricarmen.
故事围绕西班牙首都的雷蒂罗区展开，这是首都最时尚和令人向往的区域之一，位于普拉多博物馆和所谓的艺术黄金三角附近。
The story is centred around the Retiro quarter of the Spanish capital, one of the chic and desirable areas in the capital, by the Prado Museum and the so-called Golden Triangle of Art.
87岁的马里卡门·阿瓦斯卡尔从1950年代起就住在那里的一套公寓里。周三，她被公寓业主——一个房地产组织——驱逐。她的长期租约已到期。已有抗议活动试图阻止此事发生，抗议已演变为阻止类似事件发生在其他人身上，并争取更好的社会保护，在欧洲最宜居的城市之一，那里存在住房短缺。政府指责市议会；马德里市议会指责政府。
87-year-old Maricarmen Abascal lived in an apartment there from the 1950s. She was evicted by the apartment owners, a real estate organisation, on Wednesday. Her long-term lease had expired. There have been protests to stop it happening, which have morphed into protests to stop it happening to others and bring about better social protections in one of the most desirable cities in Europe, with a housing deficit. The government is blaming the city council; the Madrid council is blaming the government.