Manuel Rico
Journalist, Madrid
Manuel Rico is IE's correspondent in Spain. Journalist since 1990, Rico has worked among other media in El Mundo, Interviú, Tiempo and Público. He was co-founder and first editor in chief from infoLibre, a Spanish online newspaper. Rico is also a lawyer, interested in transparency issues, and has a master’s degree in Communication from the University of Missouri-Columbia (1999), where he studied thanks to a Fulbright scholarship. Author of ‘¡Vergüenza! El escándalo de las residencias’, a book that explains how large multinationals made a business of elderly care.
Recent Works
Drug firms finance Europe’s patient groups with multi-million donations
Drug firms finance Europe’s patient groups with multi-million donations
16 September 2024
From transparency to public research: how to make medicines a right not just a business
From transparency to public research: how to make medicines a right not just a business
8 July 2024
Big pharma influence hangs over Europe’s medicines regulator
Big pharma influence hangs over Europe’s medicines regulator
17 June 2024
Firms linked to environmental abuses got millions in EU ‘green mining’ grants
Firms linked to environmental abuses got millions in EU ‘green mining’ grants
27 October 2023
Mining for minerals is not a European business
Mining for minerals is not a European business
26 October 2023
Deposit & return: the plastic recycling success opposed by southern Europe
Deposit & return: the plastic recycling success opposed by southern Europe
30 April 2023
Producers wield power over plastic pollution
Producers wield power over plastic pollution
27 April 2023
Real estate, wine and tech: how Perenco’s offshore oil profits end up back in Europe
Real estate, wine and tech: how Perenco’s offshore oil profits end up back in Europe
8 December 2022
Explainer: how tax engineering works in Luxembourg
Explainer: how tax engineering works in Luxembourg
8 December 2022
Investigators and politicians pile pressure on French energy minister over investment scheme affair
Investigators and politicians pile pressure on French energy minister over investment scheme affair
8 November 2022
French energy minister’s links to discreet inheritance scheme raise ‘conflict of interest’ concerns
French energy minister’s links to discreet inheritance scheme raise ‘conflict of interest’ concerns
8 November 2022
Accused of pollution and shrouded in secrecy: why oil company Perenco is worth investigating
Accused of pollution and shrouded in secrecy: why oil company Perenco is worth investigating
8 November 2022
Why care about pesticides? Your questions answered
Why care about pesticides? Your questions answered
23 June 2022
Dockers against arms: Fighting weapons trade in Europe’s ports
Dockers against arms: Fighting weapons trade in Europe’s ports
30 March 2022
Small group of big arms producers profit most of EU defence funding
Small group of big arms producers profit most of EU defence funding
28 March 2022
The Iberian rail odyssey
The Iberian rail odyssey
6 December 2021
European governments are holding back on railway passenger rights
European governments are holding back on railway passenger rights
19 November 2021
How a European care home chain moves its profits offshore
How a European care home chain moves its profits offshore
20 July 2021