AMERICA ONLINE INC
SC 13D, 2000-08-22
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                                  SCHEDULE 13D

             INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT
     TO RULE 13d-1(a) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT TO RULE 13d-2(a)

                       AMERICA ONLINE LATIN AMERICA, INC.
                                (Name of Issuer)

                 Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share
                         (Title of Class of Securities)

                                    02365B100
                                 (CUSIP Number)

                              Sheila A. Clark, Esq.
                          Senior Vice President, Legal,
                              America Online, Inc.
                                  22000 AOL Way
                           Dulles, Virginia 20166-9323
                                 (703) 265-1000

                                    Copy to:

                             Peter S. Lawrence, Esq.
                           Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris,
                             Glovsky and Popeo, P.C.
                              One Financial Center
                           Boston Massachusetts 02111
                                 (617) 542-6000

            (Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized
                     to Receive Notices and Communications)

                                 August 11, 2000
             (Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)

If the filing person has previously  filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the  acquisition  which is the subject of this  Schedule 13D, and is filing this
Schedule because of Rule 13d-1(e), 13d-1(f) or 13d-1(g), check the following box
[ ].


   1.     I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY):
          America Online, Inc.
          54-1322110

   2.     CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP:
          (a)  [X]
          (b)  [ ]

   3.     SEC USE ONLY:

   4.     SOURCE OF FUNDS:
          WC

   5.     CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS
          REQUIRED PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2(d) OR 2(e)
          [ ]

   6.     CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION:
          Delaware

  NUMBER OF SHARES      7.    SOLE VOTING POWER
 BENEFICIALLY OWNED           122,500,834 (see Item 5 below)
  BY EACH REPORTING
     PERSON WITH

                        8.    SHARED VOTING POWER
                              0

                        9.    SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                              122,500,834 (see Item 5 below)

                        10.   SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
                              240,000

  11.     AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON:
          122,740,834 (see Item 5 below)

  12.     CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES
          CERTAIN SHARES:   (see Item 2 below)
          [X]

  13.     PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11):
          68.4%1

  14.     TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON:
          CO

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   1           All percentage  calculations included in this filing are based on
               the  number  of  shares of Class A Common  Stock  outstanding  on
               August 7, 2000, as  represented  by America Online Latin America,
               Inc. in Amendment No. 13 to its Form S-1  Registration  Statement
               (File No.  333-95051),  filed with the  Securities  and  Exchange
               Commission  on  August  7,  2000  (the  "Effective   Registration
               Statement").  The percent of Class A Common Stock  represented by
               the amounts in rows 11 and 12, as calculated  in accordance  with
               Rule  13d-3(d)(1)(i)  of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934, as
               amended (the "Exchange Act"), is 81.0%.

Item 1.           Security and Issuer

         This  statement on Schedule 13D (this  "Schedule  13D")  relates to the
Class A Common  Stock,  par value $0.01 per share ("Class A Common  Stock"),  of
America  Online Latin  America,  Inc., a Delaware  corporation  ("AOL-LA").  The
address of the principal  executive  office of AOL-LA is 6600 N. Andrews Avenue,
Suite 500, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33309.

Item 2.           Identity and Background

         This  Schedule 13D is filed  individually  by America  Online,  Inc., a
Delaware  corporation  ("AOL"),  and as a member of a  "group"  (as such term is
defined pursuant to Regulation 13D under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended),  which  has  been  deemed  to have  been  formed  by (i) AOL and  (ii)
Riverview  Media Corp.,  a British  Virgin  Islands  corporation  ("Riverview"),
Gustavo  A.  Cisneros  and  Ricardo J.  Cisneros  (collectively,  the  "Cisneros
Group").  As of the date hereof,  each member of the Cisneros Group beneficially
owns  4,000,000  shares of Class A Common Stock,  97,803,960  shares of Series C
Redeemable  Convertible  Preferred  Stock,  par value $0.01 per share, of AOL-LA
("Series C Preferred  Stock"),  which represents all of such stock  outstanding,
and currently  exercisable  options to purchase 120,000 shares of Class A Common
Stock.  Series C Preferred Stock is convertible  into Class C Common Stock,  par
value $0.01 per share, of AOL-LA ("Class C Common Stock") at any time, initially
on a one share-for-one share basis, and such Class C Common Stock is convertible
into Class A Common Stock at any time,  initially on a one  share-for-one  share
basis.  AOL  disclaims  beneficial  ownership  of any  AOL-LA  securities  owned
directly or indirectly by the Cisneros Group.

         The address of the principal business and principal executive office of
AOL is 22000 AOL Way, Dulles, Virginia 20166-9323.  AOL is the world's leader in
interactive services, Web brands, Internet technologies and e-commerce services.

         To the  best of  AOL's  knowledge,  as of the date  hereof,  the  name,
business address, present principal occupation or employment, and citizenship of
each executive officer and director of AOL, and the name, principal business and
address of any  corporation or other  organization  in which such  employment is
conducted is set forth in Schedule I attached hereto. The information  contained
in Schedule I is incorporated herein by reference.

         During  the last  five  years,  neither  AOL nor,  to the best of AOL's
knowledge,  any of the executive officers or directors of AOL listed in Schedule
I  hereto,  has been  convicted  in a  criminal  proceeding  (excluding  traffic
violations or similar misdemeanors) or has been a party to a civil proceeding of
a judicial or administrative  body of competent  jurisdiction and as a result of
such proceeding was or is subject to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining
future violations of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, Federal
or state securities laws or finding any violation with respect to such laws.

         Except as provided herein, to the best of AOL's knowledge, no directors
or  officers  of AOL have legal or  beneficial  ownership  of any Class A Common
Stock.

Item 3.           Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration

         The information set forth or incorporated by reference in Items 4 and 5
is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

         Prior to August 7, 2000, the effective date of AOL-LA's  initial public
offering of its Class A Common  Stock (the  "Offering"),  the business of AOL-LA
was conducted by affiliates of AOL Latin America,  S.L. AOL Latin America,  S.L.
is a limited liability company that was organized in Spain in December 1998. AOL
Latin America, S.L. was formed by AOL and the Cisneros Group, as a joint venture
in which:

         (i)      AOL  contributed  royalty free license rights and other rights
                  and  services in exchange  for its  ownership  interest  (such
                  contribution  was  recorded  at AOL's  historical  cost basis,
                  which was zero); and

         (ii)     the Cisneros Group contributed an aggregate amount of
                  approximately $100.1 million in exchange for its ownership
                  interest.

In addition,  AOL and the Cisneros Group each  contributed  $32.5 million to AOL
Latin  America,  S.L.  through July 2000, and each is obligated to pay AOL-LA an
additional $17.5 million by December 31, 2000.

         Immediately before the effectiveness of the Offering, AOL-LA became the
holding company of, and indirectly acquired all of, AOL Latin America,  S.L. and
its  affiliates  through  a  corporate  reorganization  (the  "Reorganization").
Pursuant to the  Reorganization,  (i) AOL and the Cisneros Group exchanged their
ownership  interests in the two holding  companies that owned AOL Latin America,
S.L. and its affiliates for  101,858,334  shares of AOL-LA's Series B Redeemable
Convertible  Preferred  Stock,  par value  $0.01 per share  ("Series B Preferred
Stock") and 99,861,910  shares of Series C Preferred  Stock,  respectively;  and
(ii) AOL-LA issued a warrant to AOL (the "AOL  Warrant") to purchase  16,642,500
shares of AOL-LA stock in any combination of Series B Preferred  Stock,  Class A
Common Stock or Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share ("Class B Common
Stock") at a per share exercise price equal to the Offering price of $8.00.  AOL
did not pay any  additional  consideration  to  AOL-LA  upon  the  issuance  and
delivery of the AOL Warrant to AOL.

         In  addition,  on August 11, 2000,  each of AOL and the Cisneros  Group
purchased 4 million  shares of Class A Common Stock in the Offering at the $8.00
Offering price. AOL purchased its shares using funds from its working capital.

         Currently,  no shares of Class B Common  Stock or Class C Common  Stock
are outstanding. For the purposes hereof, the term "B Stock" refers collectively
to Series B  Preferred  Stock and Class B Common  Stock,  and the term "C Stock"
refers collectively to Series C Preferred Stock and Class C Common Stock.

Item 4.           Purpose of Transaction

         The  information  set forth or  incorporated by reference in Items 2, 3
and 5 is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

         AOL's  purchase,  on August 11,  2000,  of 4 million  shares of Class A
Common  Stock in the  Offering  was part of a broader  investment  history  with
AOL-LA that included the Reorganization.

         As one of the founders of AOL-LA,  AOL, along with the Cisneros  Group,
exercises its control over AOL-LA through  several  instruments  and agreements,
including (i) a Stockholders' Agreement,  dated as of August 7, 2000, among AOL,
Riverview and AOL-LA (the "Stockholders' Agreement"); (ii) a Registration Rights
and Stockholders'  Agreement (the "Banco Itau Registration  Rights  Agreement"),
dated as of August 7, 2000, among AOL-LA, Banco Itau S.A., a Brazilian Sociedade
Anonima and one of the largest banks in Latin America,  ("Banco Itau") and Banco
Itau's  affiliate,  Banco Banerj S.A.;  (iii) AOL-LA's  Restated  Certificate of
Incorporation   (the  "Charter");   and  (iv)  AOL-LA's  Restated  By-laws  (the
"By-laws").

         The  Stockholders'  Agreement  contains  various  provisions  that will
affect the way AOL-LA  operates its business and governs many important  aspects
of the relationships among AOL, AOL-LA and the Cisneros Group.

         Pursuant to the  Stockholders'  Agreement,  AOL and Riverview agreed to
vote all of their  shares of AOL-LA  capital  stock,  which as of August 7, 2000
collectively  represented  97.43% of the voting  power of  AOL-LA's  outstanding
capital stock,  to elect the four directors  nominated by the Special  Committee
(as defined  below in this Item 4) for  election by the holders of all shares of
AOL-LA's  outstanding  capital stock,  voting together.  In addition,  under the
Banco Itau Registration Rights Agreement, AOL and Riverview agreed to vote their
shares of AOL-LA capital stock in favor of an individual nominated by Banco Itau
to serve as one of the above-mentioned four directors.

         The  Stockholders'  Agreement  also states that AOL and  Riverview  may
admit  one or  more  additional  principal  stockholders  to  AOL-LA.  Any  such
additional  stockholder  would either receive new shares of AOL-LA capital stock
or would acquire shares owned by AOL or Riverview.  If such new stockholder is a
Strategic  Partner (as such term is defined in the  Stockholders'  Agreement,  a
copy of which is  included  as  Exhibit  1 to this  Schedule  13D),  Riverview's
ownership  interest  in AOL-LA will be reduced at a  disproportionately  greater
rate than AOL's  ownership  interest in AOL-LA.  To achieve the  reduction,  for
example,  either AOL-LA or AOL could purchase  shares held by the Cisneros Group
at their then fair market value.

         Pursuant  to the  Charter,  holders  of Class A Common  Stock  are each
entitled  to one vote per share,  while  holders of B Stock and C Stock are each
entitled  to ten votes per share and have been  granted the  exclusive  right to
vote on a number of significant provisions of the Charter and the By-laws.

         The actions set forth  below  require a majority  vote of B Stock and C
Stock, each voting separately as a class.

                  (a)  amending  or  repealing  the  provisions  of the  Charter
         relating to (i) the expansion of AOL-LA's  business  beyond PC-, TV- or
         wireless-based   services,   (ii)  the   extent   to   which   AOL-LA's
         stockholders,  including AOL and the Cisneros  Group,  may compete with
         AOL-LA for business,  (iii) access to corporate  opportunities that may
         be taken by AOL and the Cisneros  Group,  (iv) the  limitation of AOL's
         and the  Cisneros  Group's  liability to AOL-LA if AOL and the Cisneros
         Group  successfully  obtain  AOL-LA's  corporate   opportunities,   (v)
         AOL-LA's  indemnification of AOL and the Cisneros Group, as well as any
         of their officers, directors, agents, stockholders,  members, partners,
         affiliates or subsidiaries, if they incur damages for lawsuits based on
         claims  that  they  breached   their   fiduciary   duty  to  AOL-LA  by
         appropriating  AOL-LA's  corporate  opportunities,  (vi)  the  terms of
         AOL-LA's  authorized  capital  stock,  including  voting,  dividend and
         conversion   rights,   (vii)  the  election  and  removal  of  AOL-LA's
         directors,  (viii) the Special  Committee,  and (ix) the  initiation of
         litigation that is adverse to either AOL or the Cisneros Group;

                  (b) amending the provisions of the By-laws,  as they relate to
         AOL-LA's  Board of Directors  (the "Board") and its  committees and the
         indemnification of AOL-LA's officers and directors; and

                  (c) unless otherwise  required under Delaware law or waived by
         holders of a majority of the outstanding  shares of B Stock or C Stock,
         approving (i) mergers and acquisitions, (ii) any issuance of, or change
         in,  any of  AOL-LA's  capital  stock,  (iii)  the  transfer  of any of
         AOL-LA's  material assets,  (iv) the establishment of any subsidiary or
         any material  change in a subsidiary's  business,  (v) the adoption and
         modification  of  business  plans,   (vi)  AOL-LA's   establishment  or
         amendment of any  significant  investment  or cash  management  policy,
         (vii) AOL-LA's discontinuance of any material business activity, (viii)
         AOL-LA's  entering into any  partnership,  joint venture or consortium,
         (ix) AOL-LA's  entering into agreements  outside the ordinary course of
         its business,  and (x) AOL-LA filing for bankruptcy or its decision not
         to prevent or oppose an involuntary filing for bankruptcy.

         For as long as any shares of B Stock or C Stock remain outstanding, the
holders of Class A Common Stock and the Board will have no voting  rights on the
matters set forth in item (a) above, unless required under Delaware law.

         The voting  rights for the  election of the 14 members of the Board are
as  follows:  (a) the holders of B Stock are  entitled  to elect five  directors
(each a "Class B  Director"),  (b) the holders of C Stock are  entitled to elect
five directors (each a "Class C Director"), and (c) the holders of all shares of
AOL-LA's  outstanding  capital  stock,  voting  together as a single class,  are
entitled to elect the  remaining  four  directors  (each a "Class A  Director").
Banco Itau is entitled to nominate one of these four Class A Directors.

         Pursuant to the Charter,  AOL-LA established a two-member  committee of
the Board  consisting  of one Class B  Director  and one Class C  Director  (the
"Special Committee"). The Special Committee will evaluate corporate actions such
as:

         (a)      amendments to the Charter and By-laws;

         (b)      amendments to the Stockholders' Agreement;

         (c)      mergers and acquisitions;

         (d)      any issuance of, or change in, any capital stock of AOL-LA;

         (e)      the transfer of any material assets of AOL-LA;

         (f)      loans by AOL-LA in excess of $50,000;

         (g)      capital expenditures in excess of $50,000;

         (h)      borrowings by AOL-LA in excess of $50,000;

         (i)      the declaration of any dividends on securities of AOL-LA;

         (j)      the selection of nominees to be recommended by the Board for
                  election by all outstanding shares of AOL-LA capital stock
                  voting together;

         (k)      the admission of additional Strategic Partners;

         (l)      the  launch by AOL-LA of  AOL-branded  TV- and  wireless-based
                  online  services in Latin  America,  as well as any agreements
                  between   AOL-LA  and  third  parties  that  relate  to  these
                  launches;

         (m)      the adoption and modification of business plans;

         (n)      the appointment or dismissal of AOL-LA's independent auditors;

         (o)      the establishment of any subsidiary or any material change in
                  a subsidiary's business;

         (p)      litigation  by  AOL-LA  that  involves  amounts  in  excess of
                  $100,000  or that is  adverse  to either  AOL or the  Cisneros
                  Group;

         (q)      AOL-LA's establishment of, or any significant modification to,
                  any significant investment or cash management policies;

         (r)      AOL-LA's discontinuance of any material business activity;

         (s)      AOL-LA's   entering   any   partnership,   joint   venture  or
                  consortium;

         (t)      AOL-LA's  issuance  of  press  releases   containing  material
                  non-public information;

         (u)      AOL-LA's  entering  into  agreements  outside of the  ordinary
                  course of its business;

         (v)      the  approval  of  the  final  annual   audited   consolidated
                  financial statements of any subsidiary;

         (w)      AOL-LA's  filing for bankruptcy or its decision not to prevent
                  or oppose any involuntary filing for bankruptcy;

         (x)      adoption  or material  amendment  to any  employee  benefit or
                  executive compensation plan or severance payment; and

         (y)      hiring or firing any personnel with an annual salary in excess
                  of $100,000 or increasing their compensation above $100,000.

         Each of these actions  requires the  unanimous  approval of the Special
Committee  before being  submitted  for approval by the Board.  Because of their
role in choosing the members of the Special Committee, both AOL and the Cisneros
Group effectively have the power to veto these corporate actions.  If either AOL
or the  Cisneros  Group  loses  its  right  to  representation  on  the  Special
Committee,  the Special Committee will be dissolved. If the Special Committee is
dissolved  the  approval of the Board as a whole will be required to approve any
corporate actions previously evaluated by the Special Committee.

         In addition,  any amendment to the Charter, other than those over which
the  holders  of B Stock  and C Stock  have  exclusive  voting  rights,  must be
approved  by  the  affirmative  vote  of 75% of the  voting  power  of  AOL-LA's
outstanding  capital stock.  Amendments that would adversely alter or change the
powers, preferences or special rights of any class or series of AOL-LA's capital
stock must also be approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority
of the outstanding  shares of B Stock and C Stock,  each voting  separately as a
class.

         Further,  the By-laws  may be amended by a majority  vote of the Board,
subject to the prior approval of the Special Committee.  Unless the holders of B
Stock or C Stock have exclusive rights to vote on the amendment, the By-laws may
also be amended after  obtaining the following:  (i) the  affirmative  vote of a
majority  of the voting  power of all of  AOL-LA's  capital  stock,  voting as a
single  class,  (ii) the  affirmative  vote of a majority of the B stock  voting
together as a single  class,  but only if a Class B Director is entitled to be a
member of the Special Committee, and (iii) the affirmative vote of a majority of
the C Stock,  voting together as a single class,  but only if a Class C Director
is entitled to be a member of the Special Committee.

         References to, and descriptions of, the Stockholders' Agreement,  Banco
Itau Registration  Rights  Agreement,  Charter and By-laws as set forth above in
this Item 4 are  qualified in their  entirety by reference to the copies of such
documents  included as Exhibits 1, 2, 3 and 4,  respectively,  to this  Schedule
13D, and are incorporated in this Item 4 in their entirety where such references
and descriptions appear.

Item 5.           Interest in Securities of the Issuer

         The  information  set forth or  incorporated by reference in Items 2, 3
and 4 is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

         As of the date hereof,  AOL is the  beneficial  owner of (i)  4,000,000
shares of Class A Common  Stock that it  purchased in the Offering on August 11,
2000 and (ii) 101,858,334 shares of Series B Preferred Stock that it received in
the Reorganization,  which Series B Preferred Stock represents all of the Series
B Preferred Stock issued and outstanding. Shares of Series B Preferred Stock are
convertible into shares of Class B Common Stock at any time,  initially on a one
share-for-one  share basis,  and such Class B Common Stock is  convertible  into
Class A Common Stock at any time,  initially on a one share-for-one share basis.
In  addition,  immediately  prior  to the  Securities  and  Exchange  Commission
declaring  the  Offering  effective,  AOL-LA  issued the AOL Warrant to AOL. The
number of shares for which the AOL Warrant is  exercisable  is 16,642,500 in any
combination  of B Stock or Class A Common  Stock at a per share  exercise  price
equal to the Offering price of $8.00. The AOL Warrant is immediately exercisable
and has a ten-year term. The number of shares issuable under the AOL Warrant may
be increased if AOL-LA,  AOL or the Cisneros  Group issue or transfer  shares to
one or more Strategic Partners.  Pursuant to Rule 13d-3(a) promulgated under the
Exchange  Act,  AOL may be deemed to  beneficially  own  options to  purchase an
aggregate of 240,000 shares of Class A Common Stock.  As stated in Item 6 below,
upon  the  consummation  of the  Offering,  four  employees  of AOL who are also
members of the Board were each  granted an option to purchase  60,000  shares of
Class A Common Stock. Under AOL's conflicts of interest standards, each such AOL
employee must transfer the economic benefit of his option to AOL.  Although each
such AOL  employee is the record  holder of the option,  AOL holds or shares the
disposition  power with  respect  to all of the  shares of Class A Common  Stock
underlying the options.  The filing of this Schedule 13D, however,  shall not be
construed  as an  admission  for the  purposes of  Sections  13(d) and 13(g) and
Regulation  13D-G of the Exchange Act or the rules  promulgated  thereunder that
any of such option holders is the  beneficial  owner of any securities of AOL-LA
other than the options and shares of Class A Common Stock underlying the options
issued to such individual.

         AOL has the sole power to vote and dispose of the  4,000,000  shares of
Class A Common Stock that AOL purchased in the Offering,  the shares of Series B
Preferred  Stock issued to AOL in the  Reorganization  and the shares of B Stock
and/or Class A Common Stock  issuable  upon  exercise of the AOL Warrant and AOL
shares the power to dispose of the shares of Class A Common Stock  issuable upon
exercise  of the stock  options  that  were  granted  to four of its  employees.
Consequently,  upon the  conversion  of the B Stock and the  exercise of the AOL
Warrant and, as further  described in Item 6, the stock options  granted to four
employees  of AOL,  AOL would  beneficially  own  122,740,834  shares of Class A
Common  Stock in the  aggregate,  or 68.4% of the shares of Class A Common Stock
currently  outstanding.  However,  assuming the  conversion of all B Stock and C
Stock  outstanding and the exercise and conversion of all  outstanding  warrants
and stock  options,  AOL would  beneficially  own 42.9% of the total  issued and
outstanding Class A Common Stock of AOL-LA.

         Pursuant to Rule 13d-5(b)(1) promulgated under the Exchange Act, to the
extent a "group"  is deemed  to exist by virtue of the Banco  Itau  Registration
Rights Agreement,  AOL may be deemed to have beneficial ownership,  for purposes
of Sections 13(d) and 13(g) of the Exchange Act, of all of the equity securities
of AOL-LA  beneficially  owned by Banco Itau, Itau Bank,  Ltd., a Cayman Limited
Liability Company and wholly-owned  subsidiary of Banco Itau, and Ricardo Egydio
Setubal, President and Chief Executive Officer of Banco Itau (collectively,  the
"Banco Itau  Reporting  Persons").  As reported  in the  Effective  Registration
Statement,  the Banco Itau Reporting Persons  beneficially own 31,760,000 shares
of Class A Common Stock (assuming the exercise of an option for 60,000 shares of
Class A Common Stock  granted to Mr.  Setubal),  or  approximately  11.1% of the
286,090,418  issued and outstanding shares of Class A Common Stock (assuming the
conversion of all issued and  outstanding  shares of capital  stock  convertible
into,  and the  exercise of all issued and  outstanding  warrants and options to
acquire,  shares of Class A Common Stock). AOL disclaims beneficial ownership of
any such  securities  of the Banco Itau  Reporting  Persons  owned  directly  or
indirectly by the Banco Itau Reporting Persons.

         As a result of the  Reorganization and the closing of the Offering that
immediately  followed on August 11, 2000, AOL's complete  interest in AOL-LA was
effected within the 60 days that preceded the date hereof.

         Other  than as set  forth  in this  Schedule  13D and  acquisitions  of
beneficial interests by the Cisneros Group, to the best of AOL's knowledge as of
the date hereof,  (i) neither AOL nor any subsidiary or affiliate of AOL nor any
of AOL's executive officers or directors,  beneficially owns any shares of Class
A Common Stock,  and (ii) there have been no transactions in the shares of Class
A Common Stock effected during the past 60 days by AOL, nor to the best of AOL's
knowledge,  by any  subsidiary  or  affiliate  of AOL or any of AOL's  executive
officers or directors.

         References to, and descriptions of, the Stockholders' Agreement,  Banco
Itau Registration  Rights  Agreement,  Charter and By-laws as set forth above or
incorporated  in this Item 5 are qualified in their entirety by reference to the
copy of the Stockholders'  Agreement,  Banco Itau Registration Rights Agreement,
Charter and By-laws included as Exhibits 1, 2, 3 and 4 to this Schedule 13D, and
are  incorporated  in this Item 5 in its  entirety  where  such  references  and
descriptions appear.

Item 6.           Contracts, Arrangements, Understandings or Relationships with
                  Respect to Securities of the Issuer

         The information set forth or incorporated by reference in Items 2, 3, 4
and 5 is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

         Upon the  consummation  of the  Offering,  options to  purchase  60,000
shares of Class A Common  Stock at the  Offering  price of $8.00 per share  were
granted to each of J.  Michael  Kelly,  Michael  Lynton,  Robert W.  Pittman and
Gerald  Sokol,  Jr., each an employee of AOL, as  compensation  for serving as a
member of the Board.  Under AOL's  conflicts of interests  standards,  each such
optionee,  must transfer the economic  benefit of his option to purchase  60,000
shares of Class A Common Stock to AOL.

         In addition,  reference is made to (i) a letter agreement,  dated as of
August 7, 2000,  from AOL to Salomon Smith  Barney,  Inc.,  Donaldson,  Lufkin &
Jenrette  Securities  Corporation,  Lehman  Brothers  Inc.,  Cazenove  & Co. and
Prudential Securities Incorporated,  the underwriters of the Offering,  pursuant
to which AOL agreed not to dispose of its shares of Class A Common  Stock or any
securities convertible into or exercisable for Class A Common Stock for a period
of 180 days from the date of such  letter,  subject to certain  exceptions  (the
"Underwriting  Agreement");  and (ii) a  Registration  Rights  Agreement,  dated
August 7, 2000, by and among,  AOL-LA, AOL and Riverview,  pursuant to which AOL
and Riverview were granted rights to cause AOL-LA to register  shares of Class A
Common  Stock  issued to them upon  conversion  of their shares of B Stock and C
Stock,  respectively,  and in the case of AOL,  upon exercise of the AOL Warrant
(the "AOL Registration Rights Agreement").

         References to, and descriptions of, the Underwriting  Agreement and AOL
Registration Rights Agreement as set forth above in this Item 6 are qualified in
their entirety by reference to the copies of such documents included as Exhibits
5 and 6, respectively, to this Schedule 13D, and are incorporated in this Item 6
in their entirety where such references and descriptions appear.

         To the best of AOL's  knowledge,  except as described in this  Schedule
13D, there are at present no other contracts,  arrangements,  understandings  or
relationships  among the  persons  named in Item 2 above,  and  between any such
persons and any person, with respect to any securities of AOL-LA.

Item 7.           Material to be Filed as Exhibits

Exhibit        Description

   1.          Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2000, by and among
               America  Online,  Inc.,  America Online Latin  America,  Inc. and
               Riverview Media Corp.  (confidential  treatment granted; filed as
               Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 12 to America Online Latin America,
               Inc.'s  Form S-1  Registration  Statement  (File No.  333-95051),
               filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on August 3,
               2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

   2.          Registration  Rights  and  Stockholders'  Agreement,  dated as of
               August 7, 2000, by and among America Online Latin America,  Inc.,
               Banco Itau S.A. and Banco Banerj S.A.  (filed as Exhibit 10.15 to
               Amendment No. 6 to America Online Latin America,  Inc.'s Form S-1
               Registration  Statement  (File  No.  333-95051),  filed  with the
               Securities   and  Exchange   Commission  on  June  16,  2000  and
               incorporated herein by reference).

   3.          America  Online Latin  America,  Inc.'s  Restated  Certificate of
               Incorporation  (filed  as  Exhibit  3.1 to  Amendment  No.  10 to
               America  Online  Latin  America,  Inc.'s  Form  S-1  Registration
               Statement  (File No.  333-95051),  filed with the  Securities and
               Exchange  Commission on July 27, 2000 and incorporated  herein by
               reference).

   4.          America Online Latin America,  Inc.'s Restated  By-laws (filed as
               Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 10 to America  Online Latin America,
               Inc.'s  Form S-1  Registration  Statement  (File No.  333-95051),
               filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on July 27,
               2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

   5.          Underwriting Agreement,  dated as of August 7, 2000, by and among
               America  Online,  Inc.,  America  Online  Latin  America,   Inc.,
               Riverview  Media Corp.,  Salomon Smith Barney,  Inc.,  Donaldson,
               Lufkin & Jenrette Securities  Corporation,  Lehman Brothers Inc.,
               Cazenove & Co. and Prudential  Securities  Incorporated (filed as
               Exhibit 1.1 to Amendment No. 11 to America  Online Latin America,
               Inc.'s  Form S-1  Registration  Statement  (File No.  333-95051),
               filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on August 2,
               2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

   6.          Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2000, by and
               among America Online,  Inc.,  America Online Latin America,  Inc.
               and Riverview Media Corp. (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No.
               2 to America Online Latin America,  Inc.'s Form S-1  Registration
               Statement  (File No.  333-95051),  filed with the  Securities and
               Exchange  Commission on March 14, 2000 and incorporated herein by
               reference).

                                    SIGNATURE

         After reasonable  inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information  set forth in this statement is true,  complete and
correct.

                             AMERICA ONLINE, INC.

                             By: /S/ James F. MacGuidwin
                             Name:   James F. MacGuidwin
                             Title:  Senior Vice President, Controller, Chief
                                     Accounting & Budget Officer and Corporate
                                     Compliance Officer

Dated: August 22, 2000

                                   SCHEDULE I

                        DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

                             OF AMERICA ONLINE, INC.

         The following table sets forth the name,  business  address and present
principal  occupation or  employment  of each director and executive  officer of
America Online.  Except as indicated below,  each such person is a U.S. citizen,
and the business address of each such person is 22000 AOL Way, Dulles,  Virginia
20166-9323.

             Board of Directors
                Name and Title                  Present Principal Occupation

<TABLE>

<S>                                             <C>
Stephen M. Case,                                Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board; America Online,
Chairman of the Board                           Inc.

Daniel F. Akerson,                              Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;
Director                                        NEXTLINK Communications, Inc.

James L. Barksdale,                             Managing Partner;
Director                                        The Barksdale Group

Frank J. Caufield,                              General Partner;
Director                                        Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers

Miles R. Gilburne,                              Director;
Director                                        America Online, Inc.

General Alexander M. Haig, Jr.,                 Chairman and President;
Director                                        Worldwide Associates, Inc.

Kenneth J. Novack,                              Vice Chairman;
Director                                        America Online, Inc.

Robert W. Pittman,                              President and Chief Operating Officer;
Director                                        America Online, Inc.

General Colin L. Powell,                        Chairman;
Director                                        America's Promise: The Alliance for Youth

Franklin D. Raines,                             Chairman and Chief Executive Officer;
Director                                        Fannie Mae

Marjorie M. Scardino,                           Chief Executive Officer;
Director                                        Pearson PLC
</TABLE>


Executive Officers Who Are Not Directors:

<TABLE>

<S>                                             <C>
                     Name                       Title and Present Principal Occupation

Paul T. Cappuccio                               Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary;
                                                America Online, Inc.

J. Michael Kelly                                Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Assistant
                                                Secretary;
                                                America Online, Inc.

Kenneth B. Lerer                                Senior Vice President;
                                                America Online, Inc.

James F. MacGuidwin                             Senior Vice President, Controller, Chief Accounting & Budget
                                                Officer and Corporate Compliance Officer;
                                                America Online, Inc.

William J. Raduchel                             Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer;
                                                America Online, Inc.

George Vradenburg, III                          Senior Vice President, Global and Strategic Policy;
                                                America Online, Inc.
</TABLE>

         The  present  principal  occupation  of  each  of the  named  executive
officers is the same as the named position(s) held with America Online, Inc.

                                  EXHIBIT INDEX

Exhibit        Description

   1.          Stockholders' Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2000, by and among
               America  Online,  Inc.,  America Online Latin  America,  Inc. and
               Riverview Media Corp.  (confidential  treatment granted; filed as
               Exhibit 10.2 to Amendment No. 12 to America Online Latin America,
               Inc.'s  Form S-1  Registration  Statement  (File No.  333-95051),
               filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on August 3,
               2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

   2.          Registration  Rights  and  Stockholders'  Agreement,  dated as of
               August 7, 2000, by and among America Online Latin America,  Inc.,
               Banco Itau S.A. and Banco Banerj S.A.  (filed as Exhibit 10.15 to
               Amendment No. 6 to America Online Latin America,  Inc.'s Form S-1
               Registration  Statement  (File  No.  333-95051),  filed  with the
               Securities   and  Exchange   Commission  on  June  16,  2000  and
               incorporated herein by reference).

   3.          America  Online Latin  America,  Inc.'s  Restated  Certificate of
               Incorporation  (filed  as  Exhibit  3.1 to  Amendment  No.  10 to
               America  Online  Latin  America,  Inc.'s  Form  S-1  Registration
               Statement  (File No.  333-95051),  filed with the  Securities and
               Exchange  Commission on July 27, 2000 and incorporated  herein by
               reference).

   4.          America Online Latin America,  Inc.'s Restated  By-laws (filed as
               Exhibit 3.2 to Amendment No. 10 to America  Online Latin America,
               Inc.'s  Form S-1  Registration  Statement  (File No.  333-95051),
               filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission  on July 27,
               2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

   5.          Underwriting Agreement,  dated as of August 7, 2000, by and among
               America  Online,  Inc.,  America  Online  Latin  America,   Inc.,
               Riverview  Media Corp.,  Salomon Smith Barney,  Inc.,  Donaldson,
               Lufkin & Jenrette Securities  Corporation,  Lehman Brothers Inc.,
               Cazenove & Co. and Prudential  Securities  Incorporated (filed as
               Exhibit 1.1 to Amendment No. 11 to America  Online Latin America,
               Inc.'s  Form S-1  Registration  Statement  (File No.  333-95051),
               filed with the  Securities  and Exchange  Commission on August 2,
               2000 and incorporated herein by reference).

   6.          Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of August 7, 2000, by and
               among America Online,  Inc.,  America Online Latin America,  Inc.
               and Riverview Media Corp. (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to Amendment No.
               2 to America Online Latin America,  Inc.'s Form S-1  Registration
               Statement  (File No.  333-95051),  filed with the  Securities and
               Exchange  Commission on March 14, 2000 and incorporated herein by
               reference).



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