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...brew. "In an attempt to hide its state of insolvency," he said in a report, Parmalat "entangled itself in gran-diose financial operations that were ever more costly." "OFFENSIVE AND RIDICULOUS" By the end of the '90s, the first red flags began popping up. In late 1999, Esteban Pedro Villar, a partner in the Buenos Aires offices of accountants Deloitte & Touche, filed an internal "early warning report" expressing serious concerns about Parmalat's Latin American operations. He peppered the company with so many questions that cfo Tonna lost his temper. The requests for information are "offensive and ridiculous," Tonna thundered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How It All Went So Sour | 11/21/2004 | See Source »

...cover Latin communities here and abroad, they are divided over which language is the most effective vehicle for reaching their audience. Manuel Casiano, founder of the Puerto Rican magazine Imagen, favors Spanish, noting that 97% of Hispanic adults living in the U.S. today learned that language first. Arturo Villar, founder of Vista, and Alfredo Estrada, publisher of the upscale monthly Hispanic, argue that clinging to their native language holds Hispanics back. The effect of publishing in Spanish, Estrada says, "is to support a Spanish-speaking subclass that will always be flipping hamburgers for a living." Some news outlets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: Dancing to The Latino Beat | 10/23/1989 | See Source »

...tour of England is "an idea that has been floating around for about five years," trip coordinator and forward Alberto Villar said yesterday. He added that at the end of the season last year, "the coaching team kind of dated me to try to organize the trip...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Booters Depart For First English Tour | 3/25/1982 | See Source »

...Villar commented that tours such as this one act to solidify a team, as well as to attract new members to the program. "Beyond that," said Villar, the point of the tour is, "just to have a good time as a group...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Booters Depart For First English Tour | 3/25/1982 | See Source »

Later, winger Alberto Villar found Ayrault alone in the Hartwick penalty box before two defenders converged on the junior striker to muffle his 12-yard attempt...

Author: By L. JOSEPH Garcia, | Title: Booters, Hartwick Duel to 0-0 Draw | 10/8/1981 | See Source »

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