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Evicted at Christmas

Lauren Frayer, Madrid, SpainDecember 18, 2014

Just before Christmas, one 85 year old widow became a nationwide symbol of hardship. Like so many Spaniards struggling with the economy, the woman was evicted from her home, where she had lived in southern Madrid for the last 50 years. Then she found an unlikely guardian angel -in the form of the local football team. From the Spanish capital, Lauren Frayer takes up the story.

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