May 14, 1810 Querido Diario, I was cleaning out the storeroom of my leather shop when I heard a boy screaming. I ran outside and asked him what was going on. He replied, “Francia lucho con Espana, y Francia gano!” I could not believe it. Our mother country had been defeated? By France? How could this be? Later I found out from my friend Carlos that Spain was taken over by France two years ago and that Viceroy Cisneros (sent from Spain to rule over Argentina) had known about it. They say it is still important that we stay loyal to Spain. How can I do that when I can’t even trust the Spanish? How could Cisneros betray us like this? This is even worse than that time when the British were trying to invade Buenos Aires. I think it was back around 1807 or so that British ships were trying to tak